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Dirk Benedict

(1945) Television Actor United States

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Dirk Benedict is a television actor from the United States, best known for And Then We Went Fishing.

Quick Facts About Dirk Benedict

Born: March 1, 1945
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: And Then We Went Fishing
Spouse: Toni Hudson

About Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict is an American actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Templeton "Face" Peck in The A-Team television series. He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dirk Benedict

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

Anthony hopkins

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I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent…

Areas

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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…

Divine

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At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much…

Benches

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Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents,…

Children

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

Boxes

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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…

Boxes

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I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for…

Abnormal

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I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote…

Book

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

Anticipation

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

Book

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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…

Being nice

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

Actors

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LIFE: My favorite occupation.

Career

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

Better

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

Book

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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…

Able

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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…

Easy

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“Unconsciously, I had prepared the perfect trap in which to catch and hold my soul.”

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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…

Children

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Hurray, Hallelujah, and Happy Prostate! Finally, someone has taken the years and done the work, so the rest of us no longer…

Book

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I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

Get involved

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It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible…

Achieve

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

Cinema

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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.

Courage

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Dirk Benedict by topic

Life (8) Cinema (8)