Ben Mendelsohn

I did 'Quigley Down Under,' which is quite deliberately placed in Australia, which is a Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo film from '88, I want to say.

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.