Quotes by Dennis Quaid

About Dennis Quaid:

Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic 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 Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic, Vantage Point, Footloose, Frequency, The Parent Trap, Yours Mine and Ours and Soul Surfer. For his role in Far from Heaven (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
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That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.

Dennis Quaid

There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderf...

Dennis Quaid

'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.

Dennis Quaid

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

Dennis Quaid

Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job.

Dennis Quaid

I don't see how it's a risky thing to take a great part with a great director and a great script. That, to me, is not really a dangerous, risky proposition. It's actually a really good choice.

Dennis Quaid

Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act.

Dennis Quaid

Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Dennis Quaid

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Dennis Quaid

I grew up Baptist and still go to church. I myself have explored other religions, because I want to know what it is that makes other people tick. I find we're all talking about the same thing, really - it's all God.

Dennis Quaid

What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God.

Dennis Quaid

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.

Dennis Quaid

I found golf late in life, in 1990. I took some lessons and struggled. Then one day, I hit a drive that was so crisp and clean, with no vibration. There's no feeling like it. I was hooked.

Dennis Quaid

When I watch a movie that I've been in, I'm watching it, but I usually remember what I was doing at that time, what was going on in my life.

Dennis Quaid

I didn't play football in school, but I've been a fan of football all my life. I have a fair understanding of it. Doing movies about it really helps because you know what makes them work and what doesn't.

Dennis Quaid

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

Dennis Quaid

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.

Dennis Quaid

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

Dennis Quaid

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

Dennis Quaid

I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.

Dennis Quaid

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.

Dennis Quaid

Author Bio

  • NameDennis Quaid
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornApril 9, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Aviator; Voice Actor