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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. "
Dennis Quaid
Kid
Key
Knowing
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" What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God. "
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" Movies usually find me, but I'm open to anything. "
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" 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. "
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" I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I directed a movie back in the '90s which had calf roping in it, and I got into it quite a bit back then. "
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" I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to. "
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" 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. "
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" Wall Street has come to America's heartland, really. The only thing missing are the skyscrapers, you know? "
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" I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots. "
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" God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Family is the most important thing in life, period. "
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" Horseracing and ranch horses are two different animals. You're getting race horses out and running and running them. It can be really problematic. A thoroughbred's very delicate. "
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" I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him. "
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" Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act. "
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" I would like my kids to follow their bliss. "
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" If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously. "
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" Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that? "
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" I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them. "
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