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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
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Dirk Benedict
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 1
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There is a divine moment in our lives when we become One. It is called pro-creation and it is reborn continually and forever in the future we call children. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents... we fail as God's Children.
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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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From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.
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In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.
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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.
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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.
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Questions about acting are difficult.
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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.
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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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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.
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Many people are shy when it comes to getting out on a dance floor. Dancing is an activity that... reveals your inner self, whether you like it, or know it, or not. It is hard to fake it on a dance floor.
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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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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.
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Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.
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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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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.
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Life without kids is like a camera without film.
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I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.
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I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!
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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
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