Ben Mendelsohn Quotes
For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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I love so many styles of music.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work and responsibility are the answer.
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I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.
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I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.
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For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.
