A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.


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I think some of my favorite Australian films were shot by people that are not Australian. And I thin...
BEN MENDELSOHN
Fassbender is fearless; he's a fearless actor.
BEN MENDELSOHN
Typically, I'll wake up at 4:30 in the morning. It's just the continual jet lag residue, jus...
BEN MENDELSOHN
I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very goo...
BEN MENDELSOHN
'Star Wars' is populated by so many great types; who wouldn't want to be a Han Solo kind...
BEN MENDELSOHN
The thing about home is that it's a tough place to sustain a career, just by dent of the size of...
BEN MENDELSOHN
I never felt like someone who was boyish and coming to terms with asking girls out or anything like ...
BEN MENDELSOHN
I remember 'The Yearling' was the first film I ever saw, and my mom told me I cried for abou...
BEN MENDELSOHN
The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their f...
BEN MENDELSOHN
Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I like to call up ghosts of things past for myself when I'm working a lot.
BEN MENDELSOHN
'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see...
BEN MENDELSOHN
'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.
BEN MENDELSOHN
The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, live...
BEN MENDELSOHN
Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a sl...
BEN MENDELSOHN
You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it ind...
BEN MENDELSOHN
You think of 'Outlaw Josey Wales,' you immediately think of the old Indian guy, Sondra Locke...
BEN MENDELSOHN
As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
BEN MENDELSOHN
It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you...
BEN MENDELSOHN
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was st...
BEN OKRI
It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression.
BEN SHAPIRO
Economic science concerns itself primarily with theoretical and empirical generalizations about the ...
BEN BERNANKE
Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.
BEN ZOBRIST
People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they as...
BEN MEZRICH
Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transpare...
BEN GOLDACRE
Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the ...
BEN HUH
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
BEN SILBERMANN
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from ...
BEN OKRI
No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I fee...
BEN CARSON
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. An...
BEN CARSON
I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can b...
BEN SCHNETZER
Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.
BEN SHAPIRO
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where the...
BEN OKRI
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like preci...
BEN WHISHAW
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building endurin...
BEN PARR
Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquid...
BEN BERNANKE
Most of these people are not going anywhere, and have nothing meaningful to do. They are zombies see...
BEN HINSON
I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.
BEN KATCHOR
I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics...
BEN ELLIOT
Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.
BEN MARCUS
Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-His...
BEN SHAPIRO
President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and ...
BEN SHAPIRO
Same-sex marriage is not the final nail in the coffin for traditional marriage. It is just another r...
BEN SHAPIRO
Hillary Clinton is not that fascinating a person. According to those who have spent time with her, s...
BEN SHAPIRO
The Left despises Texas, with its stellar record of job growth; Texas, with its strong support for t...
BEN SHAPIRO
Selective Biblical quotation is a favorite of leftists who interpret the Bible the same way they do ...
BEN SHAPIRO
President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed presi...
BEN SHAPIRO
There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences o...
BEN SHAPIRO
I love bummer songs.
BEN GIBBARD
There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get a...
BEN CARSON
Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would ha...
BEN SHAHN