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Dirk Benedict Quotes: "A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy."

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.




Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Change is good. And in fact unavoidable."

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Life without kids is like a camera without film."

Life without kids is like a camera without film.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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 Gods children."

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 Gods children.




Dirk Benedict Quotes: "I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years."

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "LIFE: My favorite occupation."

LIFE: My favorite occupation.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point."

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work."

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema."

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow."

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.



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

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and in failure, with anticipation and with dread."

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and in failure, with anticipation and with dread.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!"

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 Quotes: "I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!"

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "The space genre is timeless."

The space genre is timeless.



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

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "I loved sitting on my veranda sipping quality scotch, puffing a Cuban cigar and watching Cuba on the horizon, or the oceanic vista. Did this late in the evenings many times."

I loved sitting on my veranda sipping quality scotch, puffing a Cuban cigar and watching Cuba on the horizon, or the oceanic vista. Did this late in the evenings many times.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "You can't leave civilization behind entirely."

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Men hand out cigars. Women 'hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round."

Men hand out cigars. Women 'hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot."

In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected."

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



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Questions about acting are difficult."

Questions about acting are difficult.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice."

From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we will then have the life experience we deserve."

We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we will then have the life experience we deserve.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "Movies are movies, television is television."

Movies are movies, television is television.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "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."

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.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within."

At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within.



Dirk Benedict Quotes: "I never get involved with the ladies I work with."

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.