Dirk Benedict Quotes

I think any workplace relationship is dangerous. That's been my personal experience. They haven't always worked out the best. But I know other people for whom it worked out great.

I work with really cool people, and so far I haven't been approached in any embarrassing manner when it comes to image.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

When I work, my first relationship with people is professional.

You don't criticize your employer.

I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.

When a woman goes to work they don't want to date their boss.

I was not allowed to date wrestlers, or anyone else in the company, across the board.

If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over.

I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was.

The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.

My favorite thing about making movies is that it's the only area of human life that I've ever discovered where I can walk away from somebody in the middle of a conversation with somebody and they won't be offended.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent.

I have actually had to ask my supervisors not to curse in meetings or in general in the workplace.

Work place romances always seem to get very confused and peculiar, in my experience.

Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.

I encourage interoffice romance.

Take the tone of the company you are in.

One of the most welcome aspects of office work is that you do not need to be fully yourself.

I don't party with my colleagues after work.

My wife knows that interacting with actresses is all part of the job, but there is a line which I'm not supposed to cross, and as long as I don't cross it, there are no problems. She doesn't bother with whatever I do onscreen. But the line is always there!

I believe that your personal life does not have anything to do with your professional life.

I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment.

It's hard being a woman in this industry, period. A lot of the time, guys make you feel like you need to hook up with them - especially as an artist - producers and other artists trying to collaborate with them, they make you kinda feel sometimes you need to hook up with them or flirt with them just to make a song.