Benjamin Walker
Benjamin Walker
Benjamin Walker Davis, known professionally as Benjamin Walker, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He may be best known for his title role in the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, as well as his appearances in the films Kinsey and Flags of Our Fathers, and his critically acclaimed role as Andrew Jackson in the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. In 2016, he starred as Patrick Bateman in the Broadway musical adaptation of the film American Psycho...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 June 1982
CountryUnited States of America
The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it.
I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?
I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.
I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.
Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.
Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.
New Orleans in an amazing town.
Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.
If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.
I'm just looking for things to steal [on working with great actors]. It's like going back to acting school. When you're around people that do it well and you get your head out of your ass, you can really learn something.
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
You never can take for granted that you have a job.
People are still people, and they make their decisions based on their life experiences and their beliefs. You really can't divorce the two. It's important to fight against stereotypes and oversimplifications in very complex people.
Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.