A biography for Dennis Quaidhasn’t been written yet.
“אני חושב שבכל קריירה יש תקופות של גאות ושפל.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I always wanted to be an astronaut.”
“When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Golf is meaningless, but it means so much.”
“Movies usually find me, but I'm open to anything.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.”
“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.”