Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Beck

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Michael Beck.

Last updated on November 22, 2024.

John Michael Beck Taylor, commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980).

American - Actor | Born: January 10, 1950

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Being an actor all of my life is kind of a collaborative, social form of interpretive art. Sitting down with a blank page every day by yourself is a different feeling.

Michael Beck

I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can't come up with an original idea?

Michael Beck

Though I'm considered a leading man, I still consider myself a character actor. Because acting, to me, is creating a character, not playing the same thing all the time.

Michael Beck

I had not grown up on theater - in Hughes, Ark., you went to see a movie on Saturday. So my acting heroes were movie stars. It was a natural thing for me to want to get into the movies.

Michael Beck

My brother was four years older and always building tree houses. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned carpentry.

Michael Beck

Driving a tractor never appealed to me. But I never wanted to go into business. Had I not accidentally fallen into acting, I would probably have gone home from college and farmed.

Michael Beck

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come up with your own.

Michael Beck

To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well.

Michael Beck

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.

Michael Beck

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Beck

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