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.

If you take Darwin's theory and extend it to its logical end, it can be used to justify a number of very horrendous things.

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.