“I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.” Quote by Ben Mendelsohn
“There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do.” WayLittlesDifferentGovernmentAmericaCriminals Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it indefinitely.” PeopleVery GoodAdolescenceExtending Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“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.” AbleWantedParentActingMovedKeep GoingLooking Pretty Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“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.” WorldWayMeanHomeAgeMy OwnChildhoodSkip Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“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.” ThinkingGivingSchoolCultureGuiltyEmsBags Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“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.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantIdeasFactsActorsActingPostsDe Niro Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“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.” PeopleDoeHappensRunningFoundBoysRolesCoupleSensitiveConfrontingWorking Life Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their fangs drawn - they are dangerous because of the way they interpret what's going on.” PeopleWayDangerousFangs Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars.” WritingStarsRocksMilesExtrasNerdRock StarExtra Mile Author:Ben Mezrich