Michael Beck Quotes

United States, Actor
February 4, 1949

John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor, known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film, The Warriors, and as Sonny Malone in Xanadu.

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 Die Fantastischen Vier
- Certain
- Satisfying
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 Die Fantastischen Vier
- Life
- Art
- Social

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 Die Fantastischen Vier
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 Die Fantastischen Vier
- People
- Imagination
- Idea