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One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

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

I came from the outer suburbs of Melbourne, so you do learn how to survive in that environment.

Let me give you a little Mendelsohn 101: I came up in television in the early- to mid- 1980s in Australia.

I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no.

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

'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 was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't a great situation. Acting was the one good thing I was involved in.

At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.

I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself.

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One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.