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
basic expressed needs outside people stuff work
There are always dimensions, and the way they get expressed is through the writing and the actors and the director you get to work with on that day. But there are always dimensions, outside of really basic stuff for very young people where it needs to be very clear.
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.
bullshit creative stuff
There were the usual types of things that happen, in a production, like logistical bullshit, and this and that and the other. That's the sort of stuff that happened. But I never felt, in a creative sense, that we were ever veering into a place that I hadn't signed on for.
eastwood grew wayne
I grew up loving the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns.
people
I generally feel like people that are doing the wardrobe know more about wardrobe than I do, and they have an overview.
family
I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated.
I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself.
came outer suburbs
I came from the outer suburbs of Melbourne, so you do learn how to survive in that environment.
basically league sat saved sydney unemployed
I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.
piece villains
For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.
playing
For me it's a compliment, playing baddie characters. I take it as a compliment.
Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had.
Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles.
fairly life likely period
At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that are reminiscent. That's the way it goes.