Dirk Benedict Quotes

• You can’t leave civilization behind entirely.

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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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• 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.

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

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• There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It’s called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.

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• The space genre is timeless.

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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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• The best things in life are usually difficult.

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• My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

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• Movies are movies, television is television.

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• Life: my favorite occupation.

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

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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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• 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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• 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.

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

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

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

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Dirk Benedict (44)

Birth:	1st March, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

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Dirk Benedict is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.

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