And, as my post made quite clear, that excuse doesn't wash for a "professional" entertainer/movie producer ostensibly trying to promote his business. No matter what else you think it to be, the movie business IS a business, and failure to do the extremely simple things that help maximize your success, such as doing a little basic prep and giving a little forethought to issues and questions that you should know ARE going to be raised by interviewers, is both unprofessional AND foolish. It denotes a dangerous detachment from reality. I'm not trying to bash Gibson - I'm pointing-out these things in the spirit of trying to help him.
Well, I'm happy to bash Gibson, I just don't think that what you suggest is reasonable, either from a realistic standpoint or from a Machiavellian one.