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.

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.

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

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.