thenewgreen: Gibson: It was the Beverly Hills Hotel, and, I don’t know, somebody had checked me in. It was something film-related. It was when I had started doing some contract screenplay work after that Alien 3 script. So I got there, and they were like, you know, I couldn’t figure out what was going on. The desk people just looked gobsmacked and really unhappy. So the bellman takes me up to this very fancy suite, and in the suite there’s a table lavishly arrayed with very expensive wines and liquors and floral displays, and a big thing that says: “The Beverly Hills Hotel welcomes Mel Gibson.”Good interview. I have resolved to never pine for the days when things were better, that's a sure sign of mental aging.
Aside: Just have to share this. Another thing I will never say or think: My wife and I went to an upscale movie/dinner/bar place recently with another couple. As we were leaving the other guy says, "I like that this place is expensive, it keeps the riffraff out". -Man did I have to bite my tongue on that one. Made my wife promise that if I ever said something like that she would smack me.