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Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict Biography

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Dirk Benedict, born on March 1, 1945, is an American actor known for his role as Captain Morgan Bateson in the television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.

Dirk Benedict, born on March 1, 1945, is an American actor known for his role as Captain Morgan Bateson in the television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.

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“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.”

Way Artist Rich Fame Motive Tangible Being An Artist Become Rich

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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.”

Different Young Actors Talent Young Actors

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

Years Persons Asks Worst Worst Person

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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.”

Film Stars Differences Millions Boxes Budgets

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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 to achieve artistic greatness, but doesn't guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises.”

Art Artist Energy Practice Achieve Greatness Discipline Exercise Capable Art Is Technique Artistic Damn Piano Guarantees

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“LIFE: My favorite occupation.”

My Favorite Occupation

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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.”

People Knows Self Hard Activity Dancing Fake Shy Inner Self Shyness You Like It Dance Floor

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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 sorrow.”

Matter Faces Easy Sorrow Meant To Be Sympathy Joyous

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

Want Children Home Parent Growth Emotional Psychological

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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, with anticipation and with dread.”

Fear Cities Hollywood Sickness Dread Anticipation

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“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.”

Real Actors Stars Marketing Vices Crafts Vice Versa

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“I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!”

Stills I Can Fit Costumes Battlestar Galactica

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

Two Book Written Nonfiction Embarrassed Fiction And Nonfiction Writing Nonfiction

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“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.”

Writing Wanted Acting College Dialogue Composer

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

Book Different Play Fiction Stage Crafts Screenplays Stage Play

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“From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.”

Hard Hard Work Discipline

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

Actors Stupid Dumb Input

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

Shows Minutes Television Television Shows Time And Money Time Is Money

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“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.”

People Way Self Actors Energy Wish True Self Baggage

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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.”

Ifs Waiting Courage Forever Our Lives Missing Sorrow Difficulty Sympathy Enjoy Life Condolences Waiting For Forever

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“Life without kids is like a camera without film.”

Kids Film Cameras

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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.”

Children Moments Parent Destiny Forever Our Lives Failing Creation Divine Our Destiny Reborn Moments In Our Lives

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

Writing Has Beens Film Scripts Formulas Cuz

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“America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.”

America Faces Nations Land Lifts Passages Terrified Passage Of Time Prozac Prozac Nation

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“Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.”

Facts Change Is Good

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

Thinking Today Film Hollywood Boxes Consistent Mainstream

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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.”

Want Dream Certain Actors Rich Clear Solutions Percent Your Dreams Idaho

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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.”

Would Be Film Stars Nice Tvs Cinema Being Nice Carpenter Film Stars

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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.”

Doe Film Courses Office Structure Boxes Discussion Guarantees Box Office

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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.”

Long Problem Dear Dear God Gloria Health Problems

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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.”

Moments Forever Our Lives Divine Reborn Procreation Moments In Our Lives

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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.”

Normal Presses Males Necks Sickness Pounds Inches Pulse Benches

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“Questions about acting are difficult.”

Difficult Acting

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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.”

Needs Looks Voice Education Unique Training Deserve Life Experience Contemplating Heed Unique Voices

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“In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.”

Shows Wanted Numbers Accepting Losing Arrogance

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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.”

Believe Voice Unique Possession Someday Unique Voices Angelou

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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.”

Long Normal Bills Lifetime Proof Medical Long Ago Abnormal Normalcy Normal And Abnormal Medical Bills

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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 Gods children.”

Children Parent Responsibility Destiny Failing Legacy Our Destiny Child Of God

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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 need suffer from ignorance as to how to have good prostate health. That someone is Roger Mason, and all that one needs to know in order to have a happy prostate has been distilled down into this one book. I would stake the health of my prostate on it, and can tell you as a prostate cancer survivor; it is the ONLY way to go.”

Knows Way Needs Years Has Beens Book Done Suffering Order Taken Ignorance Cancer Survivor Stakes Roger Masons Cancer Survivor Hallelujah Prostate Prostate Cancer

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“Men hand out cigars. Women `hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round.”

Men World Years Hands Gone Baby Rounds Cigar

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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.”

Quality Late Sitting Evening Horizon Cuba Cigar Cuban Scotch Vistas Sipping Cuban Cigars

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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.”

Writing Done Helping Able Asks Wife Exes Cuz Ex Wife

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

Rooms Fronts Paper My Favorite Blank Favorites Things Blank Paper

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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.”

Years Firsts Believe Children Important I Believe Parent

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“I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.”

Knows Feels Share Willing Quiet Findings Lifetime Serenity

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“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.”

World Care Dog Mountain Vegetarian Lions Hiking Hanging Around

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

Wanted Film Stars Careers Stage Hopkins Film Stars

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“You can't leave civilization behind entirely.”

Behinds Civilization

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“Movies are movies, television is television.”

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“The space genre is timeless.”

Space Genre Timeless Genre Is

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About the Author

Born: March 1, 1945
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 54

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