Some comments in this link:
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/movies/package.jsp?name=movies/content/peoples_choice_backstage
"I feel a kind of strange kinship with Michael. They're always tying to pit us against each other in the press...the left, the right…" he commented, clearly dismissive of the idea.
"I saw his film, I liked it," Gibson said of "9/11," though he indicated that he might disagree with some points and some editing. "However, the question - and I didn't need to see his film to answer the question - is, why are we in Iraq?"
Gibson said that no one had explained to him adequately "why we went in and why we're there."
I don't see him "praising the film. I don't see him worshipping it. I don't see any anti-conservative opinions in this.
Yes, that is where the soundbites came from, although this isn't a complete transcript.Gibson in particular raised eyebrows during his highly-charged question-and-answer session with a few press after his win.
"I feel a kind of strange kinship with Michael. They're always tying to pit us against each other in the press...the left, the right…" he commented, clearly dismissive of the idea.
"I saw his film, I liked it," Gibson said of "9/11," though he indicated that he might disagree with some points and some editing. "However, the question - and I didn't need to see his film to answer the question - is, why are we in Iraq?"
Gibson said that no one had explained to him adequately "why we went in and why we're there."
When a New York Times columnist asked Gibson, "What do you like best about Catholicism and Jesus Christ?" Gibson snapped, "Next question." And as a reporter began asking another question, he added: "Don't f--- with me."