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I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you in a way that's a lot purer because you are not in that culture that you're watching.

From Ben Mendelsohn

'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one I watched again and again and again in the early days of VHS.

From Ben Mendelsohn

Fassbender is fearless; he's a fearless actor.

From Ben Mendelsohn

I grew up loving the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns.

From Ben Mendelsohn

I think some of my favorite Australian films were shot by people that are not Australian. And I think when Dean Semler did 'Dances with Wolves,' for instance, that's a very different-looking Western than what you've seen much of before. It's very rich, color-wise. But we've got our own very proud thing going on.

From Ben Mendelsohn

My favorite-ever version of 'King Lear' is the 1971 film by Peter Brooks. He has this enormous fur thing, and it adds enormous gravitas.

From Ben Mendelsohn

In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.

From Ben Mendelsohn

I think Kyle Chandler is something of a national treasure.

From Ben Mendelsohn

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

From Ben Mendelsohn

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.

From Ben Mendelsohn

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