Dirk Benedict Quotes

You can’t leave civilization behind entirely.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The space genre is timeless.

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 best things in life are usually difficult.

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

Movies are movies, television is television.

Life: my favorite occupation.

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

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

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