Ben Mendelsohn Quotes

I would love to do a good gritty drama, a romantic role. I tend to play bad guys for some reason.

I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I'm a character actress.

If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.

I'm primarily a character actress.

One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The Good Wife.' I just can't tell whether I should like you or hate you!'

I guess that is a good compliment for an actor for people to hate you wherever you go.

Before it was revealed that my character on 'Lost' had a troubled history, a fan came up to me and said, 'Wow, you're a really nice guy.' To me, that was a compliment, having played a very villainous guy.

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.

I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters.

I have absolutely no problem on doing a negative character. If that matches up to my acting caliber, I will definitely do that.

I feel so lucky to have 'Euphoria' as a first experience with taking on a character and exploring acting and in having this group of people as well.

I essay a negative or a positive character depending on whether it's a principle role and how much it drives the movie.

Comedy or villain, the role does not matter as long as it is challenging.

It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.

I am a little bored of playing negative characters.

The only thing that I have to be assured of is that the character must be negative for a sensible reason. She should not be behind everyone's life just for fun, which is the case in many serials. Moreover, it will also test my potential as an actor, so playing a negative character would be an interesting challenge for me.

In theatre, I get comedy or nice lead roles. I don't understand a grey or negative role.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

I would think, as an actor, it's just much more fun to be the bad guy.

The people I worked with were supportive, and I'm flattered that you would call what I did 'acting.'

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people