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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. "

Dennis Quaid

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Dennis Quaid

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" You don't bad-mouth your ex or anything like that. The key is your kid knowing that both parents still love him and are there for him. "

" I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way. "

" I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important. "

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

" I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times. "

Dennis Quaid

Lucky

Think

" I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them. "

" I've never really sought out publicity. "

" 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. "

" There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times. "

" '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. "

" When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time. "

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

" You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart. "

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