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
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.
It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.
I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.
When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.
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.
There's a moment that comes and I think that it comes for anyone who loves their job and what they do and they've been at it for a while where you realize at an early age, because it's such a gift to realize at an early age what you want to do with your life and know what you want to do.
I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!
I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.
I love to work. I actually enjoy it now more than I did when I was in my 20s. I don't know why, but I'm just grateful.
I've spent about a year of my life here between the four movies I've filmed. I can't imagine how devastated people must feel.
I've been playing music since I was 12 and I like to play in a band. It takes the place of theatre for me, the live performance element.
I've been down to a 1 twice, and every time I get down there I start playing badly. I'm playing like a 13 right now. I have no idea why. It's all between the ears.
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. My favorite sports movies transcend the sports that they are about.
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story.