GIBSON QUIT ACTING OVER SIGNS SIGNS
MEL GIBSON temporarily quit acting after starring in SIGNS - because he f= elt like a "ham-fisted dinosaur" on the set of M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’s 2002 = movie.
The movie star has spent eight years refusing to step in front in front= of the camera because he had such an unpleasant experience making Signs.
Gibson tells the Los Angeles Times that Shyamalan made him realise he n= eeded to take a break to hone his craft.
He explains, "I felt ham-fisted. He (Shyamalan) told me I was just doin= g too much. I looked around… and I was the oldest guy on the set and I = felt like the least sophisticated. I decided I needed to rethink everythi= ng.
"I got into this… because I wanted to be good. I walked away because = I don’t know that I was bringing much new to anything.
"Another seven or eight years of living informs the choices one makes."=
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