Dennis Quaid Quotes

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Dennis Quaid

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 9, 1954

I don't know if I'd want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it's exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn't come through a doorway off of a stairwell.

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I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.

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You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart.

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I guess I could say I'm an actor, which I am, but that sounds like I'm putting down being a movie star, which, let's face it, is what I've become to many people. For myself, I'm a guy who was very insecure from about age 14 until the day I hit my 30th birthday.

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I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.

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I have always done my own stunts, and I have been in hundreds of fights in films, but I have never been in a fist fight outside the movies.

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Playing Bill Clinton is really, probably, the scariest time of my career.

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I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.

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For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do.

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I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was a farmer; that's as close as I come.

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When I choose a movie, I'll ask myself: 'Is this a movie I want to see?'

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I've had varying luck with comedy in the past, but I'd really like to give that another go. I don't know if I'd chase down a part, but if the right thing came along I could certainly see myself stepping into that zone.

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'Legion' was a lot of fun to shoot. It was a real unique apocalypse scenario that takes place in a diner out in the desert. Very much like a drive-in B-movie, but in a good way.

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I directed a movie back in the '90s which had calf roping in it, and I got into it quite a bit back then.

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There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

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I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

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I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback.

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Athletes are sort of part of the community at large. They have to be dedicated to what they do, and go through lots of peaks and valleys. And there's a lot of training that goes into their careers. It's a struggle. Very dramatic.

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My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.

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I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.

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