Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.

- Ben Mendelsohn

There are two things: 1) what things one does in the world, and 2) what family one has. There's the two really tangible things that can stay.

- Ben Mendelsohn

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

- Ben Mendelsohn

People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end.

- Ben Mendelsohn

From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic.

- Ben Mendelsohn

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

- Ben Mendelsohn

Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.

- 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 i…

- Ben Mendelsohn

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.

- Ben Mendelsohn