Quotes By Dirk Benedict

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

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

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

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

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

The space genre is timeless.

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

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.