Ben Mendelsohn

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.

— Ben Mendelsohn

If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

— Ben Mendelsohn

I think I've benefited from not being hugely known. It means I have to do something really effective to be noticed.

— Ben Mendelsohn

At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting…

— Ben Mendelsohn

Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles.

— Ben Mendelsohn

I generally feel like people that are doing the wardrobe know more about wardrobe than I do, and they have an overview.

— Ben Mendelsohn

'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see anything post that happening without that.

— Ben Mendelsohn

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

— Ben Mendelsohn

Fassbender is fearless; he's a fearless actor.

— Ben Mendelsohn

There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do.

— Ben Mendelsohn

'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.

— Ben Mendelsohn

You think of 'Outlaw Josey Wales,' you immediately think of the old Indian guy, Sondra Locke, the old lady with the glasses,…

— Ben Mendelsohn

Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.

— Ben Mendelsohn

I never felt like someone who was boyish and coming to terms with asking girls out or anything like that, which was…

— Ben Mendelsohn

As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used…

— Ben Mendelsohn

When you're a young boy, you're looking at older men for role modelling. Before I loved De Niro, I loved Clint Eastwood;…

— Ben Mendelsohn

There are always dimensions, and the way they get expressed is through the writing and the actors and the director you get…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I remember 'The Yearling' was the first film I ever saw, and my mom told me I cried for about four or…

— Ben Mendelsohn

The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother,…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league…

— Ben Mendelsohn

Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all…

— Ben Mendelsohn

It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.

— Ben Mendelsohn

My favorite-ever version of 'King Lear' is the 1971 film by Peter Brooks. He has this enormous fur thing, and it adds…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you.

— Ben Mendelsohn

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