Ben Mendelsohn quotes

Ben Mendelsohn is an acclaimed Australian actor known for his versatile performances in film and television. His notable roles include appearances in "Animal Kingdom," "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," and the series "Bloodline." He has earned widespread recognition for his compelling character portrayals and has received several prestigious awards. Here are 13 of his quotes:

There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do. (Ben Mendelsohn)
As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there. View quote
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I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas. View quote
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Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it indefinitely. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you. View quote
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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. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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