Happy Birthday: Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Born: April 3, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

For me, it’s very important to feel relaxed in the environment, so I will do things to ensure that occurs. And if there is someone vibing me out, I will either attack or flee.

I loved the dogs. One of the reasons that Andrew was so excited about me doing this was because I’m a dog freak. I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.

He would punish me much more than he would anyone else, but he was also nicer to me than anyone else on the set.

I remember the Yearling was the first film I ever saw and my mom told me I cried for about four or five days afterwards. I’d be going along during the day and suddenly start crying over what had happened to the little deer.

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