Ben Mendelsohn

I'm very cagey by nature. ”

You feel an affinity with younger actors, because, you know, it's a very insecure job. And it can be a long time before you feel like, you know, things might be all right. ”

I've been a Ryan Reynolds fan since the first time I saw him. ”

Once upon a time, they thought I was a sweet, wide-eyed boy that was just trying to figure out how to kiss the girl. Lots of comic relief and adolescent yearnings. ”

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. ”

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people. ”

My general feeling about approach to work is that anyone that's there, they're all there to do the best job they can. ”

I wanted to keep working because work was essentially fantastic - you got to be around people, you got to be in a family, and that family changed from job to job. It was like being in the circus. ”

I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you. ”