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"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes"

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There is a rugged, almost frontier-style pride packed into Gibson's insistence that he'll "always continue to work". Coming from an actor whose career has been both towering and publicly turbulent, the line reads as more than hustle culture boilerplate. It's a claim of permanence in an industry that loves reinvention until it suddenly doesn't, and it's a preemptive refusal of the punchline: washed-up star, cancelled figure, cautionary tale. Work becomes his alibi and his anchor.

The second sentence does the heavier lifting. "I've never much depended on anyone but myself" is less a simple autobiography than a performance of self-reliance, a deliberate stance against the perception that fame is built on teams, studios, and second chances. Actors are famously collaborative, and celebrities are famously propped up. So the subtext is defensive: don't credit my survival to goodwill; don't frame my return as charity. He's recasting persistence as personal character, not public rehabilitation.

It also nods to a specific Gibson archetype: the man who endures, who outlasts institutions, who fights his way back with brute force and sheer will. In a culture that increasingly demands accountability narratives and communal responsibility, he offers a counter-myth: the individual who keeps moving, keeps making, keeps earning his place. It's not subtle, but it's strategically blunt, a brand statement disguised as a work ethic.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Gibson, Mel. (2026, January 17). I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-always-continue-to-work-ive-never-much-77581/

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Gibson, Mel. "I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-always-continue-to-work-ive-never-much-77581/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-always-continue-to-work-ive-never-much-77581/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is a Actor from USA.

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