If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that are reminiscent. That's the way… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I suspect, for a lot of people who become actors, there's a feeling of wanting to be someone other than who they… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
You feel an affinity with younger actors, because, you know, it's a very insecure job. And it can be a long time… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
As an actor who has spent twenty years trying to crack America, the day I reached the 'Bloodline' set and found my… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Acting is broad enough a church that you can pick your races, decide which way you want to go at different times.I… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one I watched again and again and again in the early days of VHS. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
I'm very interested in the history of Christianity, and what I can say for sure is that the Catholics and the Jesuits and stuff… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
Let me give you a little Mendelsohn 101: I came up in television in the early- to mid- 1980s in Australia. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
I think some of my favorite Australian films were shot by people that are not Australian. And I think when Dean Semler did 'Dances… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
The people that impress me are Bob Dylan. The ones who keep working, year in and year out, and keep coming up with stuff. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that -… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
As an actor who has spent twenty years trying to crack America, the day I reached the 'Bloodline' set and found my name on… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
Once upon a time, they thought I was a sweet, wide-eyed boy that was just trying to figure out how to kiss the girl.… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share
