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
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
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