Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohnis an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence for his role in the Australian film The Year My Voice Brokeand continued to have major roles in Australian films such as The Big Steal, Metal Skin, Cosi, Mulletand Australia...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1969
CountryAustralia
mean home childhood
I mean, there's a sense wherein you skip a part of childhood, too, when you start working at that age I did; I was out working and out of home at 15, paying my own way in the world.
parent acting able
At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.
people very-good adolescence
You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it indefinitely.
government america littles
There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do.
winning thinking important
I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.
careers ideas substance
I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.
heart exercise soul
Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.
america hypocrisy outsiders
As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
thinking life-is
Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.
kind film carnivals
Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.
facets rewarding
I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
darkest humor matter pinch sour subject sweet
In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.
genre sort
'Slow West' is a western, and it's sort of a twist on the genre stylistically, I think, from what I understand going in.
adolescent boy comic figure lots relief time trying
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.