Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder. Some of his notable credits include Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, Wyatt Earp, The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic, Vantage Point, Footloose, Frequency, The Parent Trap, Yours, Mine & Ours and Soul Surfer. For his role in Far...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 April 1954
CityHouston, TX
The truth [always] lies in things that have no words.
I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.
Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.
I always wanted to be an astronaut.
I found myself in network always trying to play catch up because once things get going there's no time to fix this and that. And also the writing, it was more inclined to be by committee in network which drowns out the purity and the voice of the show.
God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.
When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.
It's as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. Every time Barack Obama's poll numbers rise you can be certain he's done something else to weaken the country. He's empowered a base that loathes American excellence.
I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times.
I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.
My mom wanted to show my dad any idiot could do it.
I was a late bloomer. I tried out for the football team, and I got locked off the field. That's how I wound up in drama.
When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything.
You don't bad-mouth your ex or anything like that. The key is your kid knowing that both parents still love him and are there for him.