Dennis Quaid Quotes

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

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Very, League, Little League

'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

Like, Very, B-Movie, Diner

When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time.

- Dennis Quaid

Audience, Audience Member, First-Time

I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

- Dennis Quaid

Doing, Year, Great Time, Different Roles

In aviation they have auto pilot and color radar and a lot of other instrumentation that is a backup for pilots. It's really brought the incidents of plane crashes way down. Same thing ought to happen in the medical industry, I think.

- Dennis Quaid

Other, Plane, Auto, Backup

I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a lot of fun. No actors in particular. I don't consciously seek out things to do.

- Dennis Quaid

Work, More, Like, Todd

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

- Dennis Quaid

Average, About, Bowler, Blister

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

Very, Similar, Christians, Hindus

Wall Street has come to America's heartland, really. The only thing missing are the skyscrapers, you know?

- Dennis Quaid

Come, The Only Thing, Really, Skyscrapers

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

My Life, Play, Been, Play Football

I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will.

- Dennis Quaid

Will, Always, Like, Oranges

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Football, Football Team, Got, Locked

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

Director, Dangerous, Part, Great Director

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

Question, Within, Everybody, Traveled

What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.

- Dennis Quaid

Think, I Think, Clark, Spots

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Dig, Away, Nineties

Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together.

- Dennis Quaid

Think, Religious, Certainly, Tolerance

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

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Movie, Role, Tin

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

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Bill Clinton, Bill, Scariest

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Rewarding, Certainly, Gratifying

I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him.

- Dennis Quaid

Weekend, Everybody, Several, Subsequently

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

- Dennis Quaid

Education, Other, Read, Pickett

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Real, Always, Come, Montana

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Through, Very, Dedicated, Struggle

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

- Dennis Quaid

World, See, Series, Cubs

Before I was an actor, I was never able to hold a job for more than 3 months for some reason. It just wouldn't hold my interest, so there was some way that I wound up quitting or getting fired from it. But being an actor is perfect, because movies usually take about three months to shoot. Then it's over and they say, 'Hey, great job!'

- Dennis Quaid

Reason, Perfect, Some, Hey

I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.

- Dennis Quaid

Which, Months, Works, Shoots

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

- Dennis Quaid

Cinema, Idol, Oh, Wow

In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.

- Dennis Quaid

Couple, Summers, Vet, Teen Years

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

Church, Other, Same Thing, Explored

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

- Dennis Quaid

Astronaut, Houston, Wanted, Cooper

My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.

- Dennis Quaid

Strong, Audience, Going, Storytellers

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

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Luck, Making, Recreate

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Magic, Always, Battling, Knocking

I learned to surf for 'Soul Surfer.' 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.

- Dennis Quaid

Soul, Magic, Battling, Knocking

Horseracing and ranch horses are two different animals. You're getting race horses out and running and running them. It can be really problematic. A thoroughbred's very delicate.

- Dennis Quaid

Race, Delicate, Very, Thoroughbred

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

- Dennis Quaid

Celebrity, Being, Raising, Reservations

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Belly, Types, Strategy

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

Some, Like, Took, Lessons

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

- Dennis Quaid

Work, Better, Want, Great People

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Through, Secret, Agent, Doorway

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

- Dennis Quaid

Glue, Only, Going, Together

It's hard for two actors to be together. Take the traveling, for instance. It winds up being a long distance relationship, all the time, because one's working here and one's working there, or one's staying at home and one's off someplace else.

- Dennis Quaid

Distance, Here, Instance, Together

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

- Dennis Quaid

Movie, Which, Directed, Calf

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

Need, Glue, Going, Together

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Like, Still, Key

Clinton knew how to get things done. He was battling the Republicans, and then he basically took a lot of their agenda and made it his own. That's what Obama's not doing.

- Dennis Quaid

Doing, Took, Battling, Agenda

What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.

- Dennis Quaid

Will, May, Tabloids, Element

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

- Dennis Quaid

Shooting, Set, One Thing, Memorizing

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

- Dennis Quaid

Always, Wanted, Astronaut

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Birthday, Very, Putting, Movie Star

I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.

- Dennis Quaid

Color, I Remember, Separate, Houston

I've never really sought out publicity.

- Dennis Quaid

Never, Sought, Really, Publicity

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

Love, Think, Lucky, Sustains

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

- Dennis Quaid

Important, Made, Wanted, Perfectionist

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Always, Been, Films, Hundreds

Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that?

- Dennis Quaid

Anything, Lord, About, Closer

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as many different types of characters and as many different types of genres of movies that I can.

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Films, Types, Different Types

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

- Dennis Quaid

Career, Like, Types, Different Types

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

- Dennis Quaid

More, Need, Going, Butt

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Exercise, Obsessed, About, Calories

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Stores, Town, Wal-Mart, Main Street

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 wonderful.

- Dennis Quaid

Three, Next, Cut, They Say

It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Work, Doing, Paid

Golf is meaningless, but it means so much.

- Dennis Quaid

Golf, Much, Means, Meaningless

I always want to find the best burger in town.

- Dennis Quaid

Find, Always, Town, Burger

A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed.

- Dennis Quaid

Doing, Very, Still, Tenacity

I'm lucky. I have a high metabolism, so I pretty much eat anything and everything.

- Dennis Quaid

Lucky, Pretty, High, Metabolism

I used to eat a lot of fish, but I've been shying away from it because of the mercury thing. I eat more beef and chicken now.

- Dennis Quaid

Chicken, Away, Been, Mercury

Your partner has to live with the best and the worst part of you, and they're affected by it.

- Dennis Quaid

Best, Worst, Part, Partner

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

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Die, Actor, You Can Do It

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

- Dennis Quaid

Follow, Like, Would, Bliss

You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better.

- Dennis Quaid

Thoughts, Process, Feel, Instantly

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

- Dennis Quaid

Play, Movies, Just, Pitcher

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

- Dennis Quaid

Business, Reinvent, Going, Ability

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Luck, Another, Part, Stepping

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

- Dennis Quaid

Soul, Good Story, Stories, Unbelievably

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

- Dennis Quaid

Work, Every Day, Going, Golf

I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.

- Dennis Quaid

Team, Football, Small, Football Team

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Work, Politics, Little Money

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

Love, Work, Politics, Little Money

Family is the most important thing in life, period.

- Dennis Quaid

Important, Most, Period

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

- Dennis Quaid

Character, Actor, Always, Considered

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

- Dennis Quaid

Death, Break, Shattered, Break Up

I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Very, Films, Independent Films

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.

- Dennis Quaid

Love, Like, Dad, Teach

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

Love, Work, More, Grateful

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

- Dennis Quaid

Movies, Important, Still, Hero

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

- Dennis Quaid

How, Act, Everybody, Famous

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

- Dennis Quaid

Change, Comfortable, Things, Resistance

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