Quotes By Dirk Benedict
It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.
Dirk Benedict
We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world.
Dirk Benedict
My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.
Dirk Benedict
Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.
Dirk Benedict
Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!
Dirk Benedict
I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.
Dirk Benedict
Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children.
Dirk Benedict
Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.
Dirk Benedict
I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.
Dirk Benedict
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.
Dirk Benedict
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.
Dirk Benedict
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.
Dirk Benedict
I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.
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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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I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.
Dirk Benedict
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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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'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.
Dirk Benedict