Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedict
Dirk Benedictis an American movie, television and stage actor who played the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series. He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 March 1945
CityHelena, MT
CountryUnited States of America
The neurosis of all this ageism is that Harrison Ford, Eastwood, Redford, Newman, etc., etc., have been playing heartthrobs until they need more filters than a pack of Camels. And their girlfriends are in their 20s. But being a Movie Star changes all the rules.
I personally don't think anybody should be allowed to write a screenplay UNTIL they are over 40. It used to be don't trust anyone over 30; now it is don't hire anyone over 30. I wish I were joking.
If you have talent as a screenwriter, it will out. Nothing succeeds like perseverance. Never give up. Anyway, life never turns out the way you imagine, dream or plan it to. Or hadn't you heard?
In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldn't accept losing that time slot.
I am very much a person who enjoys mornings as much as evenings.
I am not simply an actor, but also have written books and now directed/written a film, I have some people that are interested in that aspect of my experience.
I am a better actor now than at any time in my life. And haven't worked for seven years!
I consider my life one long string of failures, but all of the failure has made me more grateful to be alive, more joyous in the moment and more appreciative for every day I have.
If you want to have something to say about the voice or vision of a film, go to Harvard Business School. Become a Studio Exec. But don't become a writer. Or director, for that matter.
The idea of turning into a reptile fascinated me. Other than that, my role was kind of... well, I don't want to say boring, but rather ordinary. I was playing the helpless victim.
The trouble with most stage plays nowadays is they are written by people who grew up not reading or seeing the great theatrical literature of the day, but watching network TV. And so they are more like TV sitcoms than stage plays.
The media destroyed the show with all the hype. All the press worked against us. We didn't become the Number 1 show in the country ,and the critics destroyed us.