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Mel Gibson’s relationship with Hollywood?
“Survival,” said Gibson on Sunday. He had been asked to describe it in one word at the packed Venice press conference for “Hacksaw Ridge,” the pacifism-themed war drama that marks his return to the directing chair after a decade during which he’s been playing the lead in several tabloid scandals.
The same journalist provocatively asked him if he thought that when he was younger he was better, both as an actor and a director.
Gibson, who is 60, quipped: “I suppose when I was young I was better at playing someone younger!”
“I think, generally speaking, I’ve developed an ease with time,” Gibson went on, musing on his career.
“The key to any skill is relaxation, and I think with age you just get bored, so you have to relax. It comes with the territory. Hopefully we get better,” he said.
“But not always, »
- Nick Vivarelli
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