Dirk Benedict

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

#college #composer #dialogue #especially #got

You can't leave civilization behind entirely. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#civilization #entirely #leave #you

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

— Dirk Benedict

#craft #different #fiction #otherwise #play

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

— Dirk Benedict

#been #cuz #film #formula #reduced

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 God's children. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#destiny #extent #fail #god #legacy

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

#box #box office #course #discussion #does

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

— Dirk Benedict

#free #happy #health #health problems #her

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#discipline #fred #fred astaire #hard #hard work

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

— Dirk Benedict

#dumb #generally #input #speaking

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

— Dirk Benedict

#cling #emotional #growth #home #leave