Ben Mendelsohn Quotes

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Ben Mendelsohn

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 3, 1969

In a very real sense, all you do when you're shooting film or television is you shoot a scene, and then you shoot another scene, and then you shoot another scene.

Ben Mendelsohn

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. Lots of comic relief and adolescent yearnings.

Ben Mendelsohn

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

Ben Mendelsohn

It's got a lot more room for nuance and an assumption that people have started from the beginning. 'Bloodline' ends up being like a really good novel.

Ben Mendelsohn

The thing about home is that it's a tough place to sustain a career, just by dent of the size of the place. I had about as good a run there as anybody, but it's still a tough ask. I mean, the person I think with the best career in Australia is Ray Meagher, in 'Home and Away.'

Ben Mendelsohn

It's a tougher gig than what people think it is. The proper, real, genuine, worldwide movie stars don't get a lot of downtime from the world outside. That's a tougher price, I think, than what people's fantasy of fame account for.

Ben Mendelsohn

It would be excellent to do a 'Star Wars.'

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

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

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.

Ben Mendelsohn

I'm very cagey by nature.

Ben Mendelsohn

The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother, drama teacher twisted me into doing this TV thing that I thought my mates were doing, too.

Ben Mendelsohn

Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had.

Ben Mendelsohn

I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated.

Ben Mendelsohn

'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind of dude?

Ben Mendelsohn

I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself.

Ben Mendelsohn

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

Ben Mendelsohn

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

Ben Mendelsohn

I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.

Ben Mendelsohn

For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.

Ben Mendelsohn