Dirk Benedict Quotes

When I find those actors who are going to work that hard and collaborate that deeply, my role is to make sure there's a whole lot there for them to work with.

You have more creative freedom with writing, in certain ways, because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you also have creative freedom because you don't so much focus on what has to move the story along, and only on how your character is reacting to situations.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process.

But, as an actor, the role that I enjoyed, in terms of really understanding and appreciating this profession, was Anoop Singh's 'Qissa'.

I am totally a director's actor.

In acting, one should look at the film in totality. Improvisations should only be made keeping in mind the limits of a character. Always believe in team work.

I am a complete director's actor.

It's strange not to allow the actor some input and breathing room into what was written on the page - it is their job to make it come alive.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

Because characters are your creations, you are the one who ultimately gets to decide their fate.

In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.

No actor ever forgets a role, so I should have realized something was wrong.

It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good.

I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor.

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.

As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.

I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain.

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

I never write with an actor in mind - never.