Michael Beck — American Actor born on January 10, 1950,

John Michael Beck Taylor, commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film, The Warriors... (wikipedia)

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.
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.
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.
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?