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>> larry: it must be wonderful to say wonderful words. >> for sure. and to go through them again and again and again to try to extract something each time. and you would. youd get something different every time. unfortunately, once they slap it all together, there is only one way that you sort of interpret it for that take. and i dont know. "hamlet" doesnt seem something that should be on film, or if it is you should do it again and again and put out a different film. >> larry: would you like to...

That time in his life was sort of pondering on the questions of life and the unponderable. the mystery of what is after life and all this stuff there are so many questions that he couldnt answer. he simply wanted to ask the questions without coming to a conclusion because he was going through some kind of cathartic experience in his own life. mid-30s or something. >> larry: what did you enjoy the most about doing it? >> what did i enjoy the most? >> larry: it must be wonderful to say wonderful w...

We thought tonight would be a good chance to hear from mel in his own words. here is more from our 1997 interview with him. >> larry: "hamlet." a major departure. >> yeah. >> larry: what made you take that on? to outstandingly surprising reviews. every reviewer was saying, this is good. >> oh, not every one. >> larry: there are some who didnt like it? >> cant win them all. >> larry: the ones that i read were good. >> i think its that -- its supposed to be the actors acid test, isnt it? and it is...

>> larry: but you probably were an actors director. >> i gave them all a lot of -- a wide range of things to let them explore things and talk about stuff. was there, like, as an ear if anybody wanted to talk. >> larry: all the action and comedy you do, do you prefer movies that are like moving, you know, theres high tension? >> i do. >> larry: as opposed to the light romantic comedy? >> yeah, i like something a little more kinetic, because i think on the fly that way you can effect a lot more. i...

Any kind of final conclusion on that character. i mean, its impossible. shakespeare made it like that, impossible on purpose. with a genius, he did that. >> larry: felton has said hamlet, you can play hamlet any one of 40 ways and be right. >> and be wrong. >> larry: and be wrong. you can play him gay. you can play him macho. >> it doesnt matter. there is a million -- a million different ways to go. and every time you think you got a bead on it, you might find some kind of entry. he is a very el...

>> larry: the level of the part theyre playing? >> whatever. or the level of what they do, their endeavor, whatever it is. you can like their table manners. >> larry: when you were director, was that -- did you have to the generous there? were you a generous director? >> i think so, yeah. >> larry: but you probably were an actors director. >> i gave them all a lot of -- a wide range of things to let them explore things and talk about stuff, was there like as an ear if anybody wanted to talk. >> ...

And it is. because you cant really come to any final conclusion on that character. its impossible. shakespeare made it like that, impossible on purpose. with a genius, he did that. >> larry: felton has said hamlet, you can play hamlet any one of 40 ways and be right. >> and be wrong. >> larry: you can play him gay, you can play him macho. >> it doesnt matter. there is a million -- a million different ways to go. and every time you think you got a bead on it, you might find some kind of entry. he...

Here, as before. never so help you mercy how strange an art i may bear myself as i will here after think meat to put a disposition on. never to note that mean more to me. this do swear. >> swear. >> larry: mel gibsons made a lot of headlines this week. we thought tonight would be a good chance to hear from mel in his own words. here is more from our 1997 interview with him. >> larry: "hamlet." a major departure. >> yeah. >> larry: what made you take that on? outstandingingly surprising reviews. ...

Can effect a lot more. i like the physicality and the speed of something. i dont know why. >> larry: yet you also did "hamlet." well talk about that in a moment. our guest is mel gibson. he stars in "conspiracy theory" with julia roberts and patrick stewart. its a dick donner film. well be right back. now snapples got healthy green tea, tasty black tea, real sugar, whats our slogan? bester stuff! - stuffy stuff! - good stuff for bettering stuff! guys? the best stuff on earth just got better. - g...

>> there are more things in heaven and earth, horatio, than dreamed in your philosophy. but come. here, as before. never so help you mercy how strange an art i may bear myself as i will here after think meat to put a disposition on. never to note that mean more to me. this do swear. >> swear. >> larry: mel gibsons made a lot of headlines this week. we thought tonight would be a good chance to hear from mel in his own words. here is more from our 1997 interview with him. >> larry: "hamlet." a maj...