Gibson on 'Passion,' Faith and the Holocaust

For the March issue of Reader's Digest, Peggy Noonan interviewed Mel Gibson. They spoke about his movie "The Passion of Christ," among other things.

For instance, she asked Gibson: "You're going to have to go on record. The Holocaust happened, right?"

Gibson told her: "I have friends and parents of friends who have numbers on their arms. The guy who taught me Spanish was a Holocaust survivor. He worked in a concentration camp in France. Yes, of course. Atrocities happened."

Noonan queried Gibson on this issue because of reports that Mel's father doesn't believe Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Gibson told Noonan: "My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life."

Gibson also spoke about that strong Catholic faith. He told Noonan he spent years being "a monster," and that success caused him to become "spiritually bankrupt."

And, while he has gotten back to his roots, so to speak, he admits his spiritual life is "nowhere complete yet." He says he's "still so full of flaws."

About the controversy surrounding "The Passion," Gibson shrugs it off – and jokes that his next movie will be "something light and funny and nobody'll be angry at me!"

Finally, Noonan asked Gibson to "Give me the headline you want to see on the biggest paper in America the day after 'The Passion' opens."

Mel replied: "War Ends."

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