Dennis Quaid Quotes
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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 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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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.
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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.
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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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I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.
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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 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.
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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.
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That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.
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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.
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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 always want to find the best burger in town.
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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.
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I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.
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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.
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I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.
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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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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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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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Family is the most important thing in life, period.
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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.
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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.
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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.