Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohnis an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence for his role in the Australian film The Year My Voice Brokeand continued to have major roles in Australian films such as The Big Steal, Metal Skin, Cosi, Mulletand Australia...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1969
CountryAustralia
'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.
throwing
Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all it should be.
boyish coming felt girls guess left terms
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.
believe life success
I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you.
moving people long
As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used to accents after a long period of time. But as soon as you do that, it's not so much as capturing the sound of the way other people speak, it's being able to actually be and move around in the sound.
kind film carnivals
Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.
thinking life-is
Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.
teaching catholic stuff
I'm very interested in the history of Christianity, and what I can say for sure is that the Catholics and the Jesuits and stuff were very big on teaching and on learning.
who-i-am people ends
People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end.
views get-better fantastic
From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic.
winning thinking important
I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.
america hypocrisy outsiders
As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
heart exercise soul
Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.
careers ideas substance
I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.