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
good surf
It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.
people very-good adolescence
You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it indefinitely.
australia best career dent good home ray run size sustain tough
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.'
assumption ends good nuance people
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.
acting brothers good great involved lived mom
I was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't a great situation. Acting was the one good thing I was involved in.
good home keeps kept might plan viable
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.
lady
You think of 'Outlaw Josey Wales,' you immediately think of the old Indian guy, Sondra Locke, the old lady with the glasses, beautiful old actress.
jet morning wake
Typically, I'll wake up at 4:30 in the morning. It's just the continual jet lag residue, just weird sleeping hours.
asked
The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.
bob coming people
The people that impress me are Bob Dylan. The ones who keep working, year in and year out, and keep coming up with stuff.
again outlaw watched
'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one I watched again and again and again in the early days of VHS.
great
'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind of dude?
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.
films
One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.