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
teaching catholic stuff
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 were very big on teaching and on learning.
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.
moving people long
As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used to accents after a long period of time. But as soon as you do that, it's not so much as capturing the sound of the way other people speak, it's being able to actually be and move around in the sound.
people
I suspect, for a lot of people who become actors, there's a feeling of wanting to be someone other than who they actually are.
facets rewarding
I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
means
I think I've benefited from not being hugely known. It means I have to do something really effective to be noticed.
industry known outside people relatively
I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no.
saw since time
I've been a Ryan Reynolds fan since the first time I saw him.
best
If you're going to be a father and whatnot, yeah, you better be responsible about it as best you can.
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.
good surf
It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.
trying work
Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people.
adds enormous peter
My favorite-ever version of 'King Lear' is the 1971 film by Peter Brooks. He has this enormous fur thing, and it adds enormous gravitas.