“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.”

American actor

Dennis Quaid is an American actor whose career spans from the late 1970s into the 2000s. Born Dennis William Quaid, he is known for leading roles in a string of commercially successful films. His best-known work includes Breaking Away, Jaws 3-D, Innerspace, Great Balls of Fire!, Dragonheart, The Parent Trap, Frequency, The Rookie, The Alamo, The Day After Tomorrow, In Good Company, Flight of the Phoenix, Yours, Mine & Ours, and Vantage Point. In 2003, he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven.