Gibson tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview that his anti-Semitic statements were "just the stupid rambling of a drunkard."
Watch Sawyer's exclusive interview with Mel Gibson Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct.
13 on "Good Morning America," which airs across the country from 7 to 9 a.m.
Gibson says he is working on healing himself and those he offended.
"What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said," Gibson says. "So, this is the last thing I want to be is that kind of monster."
Gibson was pulled over shortly after 2 a.
m. on July 28 in Malibu, Calif., for speeding, and he and reportedly made anti-Semitic comments during his arrest.