“For me it's a compliment, playing baddie characters. I take it as a co...” — Ben Mendelsohn Quote

For me it's a compliment, playing baddie characters. I take it as a compliment.

I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting.

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

'Slow West' is a western, and it's sort of a twist on the genre stylistically, I think, from what I understand going in.

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.

People say I look like a vampire. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not.

The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall song. Up until then there hadn't been any such thing.

That's the greatest compliment I can get: when somebody from Key West says, 'Hey, Bubba.' That means I'm in!

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.