One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they'd seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
There are two things: 1) what things one does in the world, and 2) what family one has. There's the two really tangible things that can stay. — 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 Image
One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
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 Image
From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end. — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that. — 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 name on… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
