Dirk Benedict Quotes

Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television.

I always wanted to be Gene Hackman and I always wanted to be, you know... I wanted to be one of these guys. I always wanted to be Bob Duvall.

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

Burt Reynolds, great sex symbol of the movies, who said, I owe it all to one great part. Never got a dinner!

If you look at any of the greats, from people like Paul Newman and Robert Redford to, you know, Brad Pitt - to get any of the kinds of roles like the ones that they've gotten, or just to be a part of any of the kinds of movies they've made, would be the end-all for me.

'Kung Fu' was never cancelled; I just left. I decided I had enough of it, and I thought I should do a movie right away, because I think when you leave a television series, it's important that you establish the fact that you're a movie actor really quickly, or you might never get that chance.

Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

I left my career in Hollywood, moved back to New York, and went to Lee Strasberg and studied with him for the rest of his life.

Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is my favorite movie, and it's why I wanted to be an actor.

James McAvoy is one of my favorite actors of all time.

I did a lot of hokey movies when I was starting out at MGM. Good and bad, mostly bad.

Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work your way up, here you can reach dizzying heights of fame instantly.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.

I was one of the shortlisted girls for the female lead of the Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' along with Freida Pinto.

Amitabh Bachchan is an intelligent actor.

I have done more than 250 films.

Maybe at 55, I would like to direct. I will go the Angelina Jolie way.

My first film was a super-hit. It made the producer earn a lot of money and gave me a lot of fame. The funny part is that I acted in Tum Bin' as a project for which I was paid a stipend and not the money that comes to the star of a very popular film.

Chiranjeevi garu is my favourite dancer.

I am doing the remake of 'Bai Chali Sasariye,' which was my debut in the Rajasthani film industry. It became a major critical and commercial hit in the history of Rajasthani cinema.

John Travolta, I don't think anybody would not jump at a chance to work with a guy like him because he's gone from 'Grease' to 'Face Off' to, he's gonna do 'Dallas.' I mean, he's so great in his range, and he's truly a legend and a pro in our time.