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 there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. 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
Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people. Ben Mendelsohn actactorpeople Change image and share on social
I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no. Ben Mendelsohn aficionadoindustrypeople Change image and share on social
The first 'Star Wars' film was enormously important. I grew up right smack-bang in the sweet spot of all of those. It's true cinema magic. It's fair to say that, as a kid, I would have been very happy to be Han Solo, and I would have been happy to have gone out with Princess Leia. Ben Mendelsohn bangcinemaenormously share on social
The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother, drama teacher twisted me into doing this TV thing that I thought my mates were doing, too. Ben Mendelsohn ageboydrama share on social
I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you. Ben Mendelsohn lifemythsuccess Change image and share on social
'Animal Kingdom' was an amalgam of two people that I had met-slash-known, not particularly well. They were both very, very scary people for very different reasons. Ben Mendelsohn amalgamanimalkingdom Change image and share on social