Dennis Quaid quotes

Dennis Quaid is an American actor known for his versatility in both dramatic and comedic roles. His filmography includes acclaimed performances in movies such as "The Right Stuff," "The Parent Trap," and "Frequency." He continues to be a prominent figure in Hollywood, admired for his charisma and talent. Here are 62 of his quotes:

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

Dennis Quaid

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dennis Quaid

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

Dennis Quaid

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

Dennis Quaid

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

Dennis Quaid

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

Golf is meaningless, but it means so much.

Dennis Quaid

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

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

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

Dennis Quaid

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dennis Quaid

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