Dirk Benedict Quotes

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Dirk Benedict

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 1, 1945

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.

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I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

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Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

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Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.

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It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.

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I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

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It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

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From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.

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I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

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A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

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Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

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The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

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Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

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Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

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To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.

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When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

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America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

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Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

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If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but so be it.

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