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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. (Dirk Benedict)
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. View quote
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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 a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy. View quote
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Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb. View quote
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Movies are movies, television is television. View quote
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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, we fail as God's children. View quote
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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. View quote
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Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula. View quote
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You can't leave civilization behind entirely. View quote
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I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present. View quote
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Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth. (Dirk Benedict)
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. View quote
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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 in many different areas. It confuses people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life: my favorite occupation. View quote
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We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we will then have the life experience we deserve. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within. View quote
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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. (Dirk Benedict)
It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible to achieve artistic greatness, but doesn't guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises. View quote
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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. View quote
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The best things in life are usually difficult. View quote
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If you want to have great success, you'd better give them what they want, but so be it. View quote
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