JIM CAVIEZEL

I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?'

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.

Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you.

I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life.

What actor wouldn't want to work with Mel Gibson?

In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.

The point I'm trying to make is that you go to church on Sunday. But the real Christ is out there in your life every day, whether it be the guy you help on the street, how you live your life, and your countenance that makes people want to be you.

Conversion is a daily thing.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

I still put my pants on the same way. I still walk on my pool twice a day.

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed.

We all have a cross to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don't carry our crosses, we are going to be crushed under the weight of it.

We are all culpable in the death of Christ. My sins, your sins put Him on that cross.

It's very hard to accept that stoning still exists in the world today.

Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers.

I was freezing in that loincloth.

In my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'

I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.