Dennis Quaid

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.”

“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.”

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

“I always want to find the best burger in town.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“יש לו גבריות נינוחה ובוטחת ואיכות קלאסית כמו של שחקן משנות ה־50.”

“אני לא חושב שהערכתי מספיק את ההצלחה, לא טיפחתי אותה. נדמה לי שהתייחסתי אליה כאל מובנת מאליה.”

“עדיין יש אנשים שעבורם כנות, אתיקה ועקרונות מוסריים חשובים.”

“להוליווד יש זיכרון קצר מאוד, אם אתה לא נמצא בשוק, הם עוברים הלאה.”