I never felt like someone who was boyish and coming to terms with asking girls out or anything like that, which was what 'The Big Steal' and 'Spotswood' were about. But I guess that's the impression I left on people. Ben Mendelsohn bigboyishcome share on social
One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they'd seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is you get a run of similar roles. Ben Mendelsohn boyconfrontcouple share on social
I mean, there's a sense wherein you skip a part of childhood, too, when you start working at that age I did; I was out working and out of home at 15, paying my own way in the world. Ben Mendelsohn agechildhoodhome Change image and share on social
I think Kyle Chandler is something of a national treasure. Ben Mendelsohn chandlerkylenational Change image and share on social
I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a slightly older school of thought: 'give 'em nothin.' You don't plead guilty. Ben Mendelsohn bagconfessionalculture Change image and share on social
I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated. Ben Mendelsohn complicateexistfamily Change image and share on social
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. Ben Mendelsohn alanaustraliadeliberately Change image and share on social
I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself. Ben Mendelsohn bitedressmemorabilia Change image and share on social
The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true. Ben Mendelsohn actactorfact share on social
At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted. Ben Mendelsohn actgoodmove share on social
