Dennis Quaid Quotes

What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I`ll look great with liver spots.

I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that`s how long a movie shoots.

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

Well, a couple of times I had people come have a talk with me, but I was operating, for the most part, on two hours of sleep a night, and I realized, I can`t do this and last very long." So I cleaned up (in the early 90`s) and THEN the jobs stopped coming. You clean up your life and think you`re supposed to be rewarded for it, but things actually got worse. On the other hand, if I hadn`t sobered up, I probably wouldn`t be alive today." - On his recovery from cocaine addiction.

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don`t know how.

I`ve done so many movies that when I see them I don`t really watch them.

I`ve been playing music since I was 12 and I like to play in a band. It takes the place of theatre for me, the live performance element.

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.

If you`re going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it`s not all that important to me anymore.

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

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I`m used to.

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

There`s no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There`s no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, `Great,` you know, and you`re on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It`s wonderful.

What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.

I can`t hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you`re going to hit a golf ball.

Being a celebrity couple is not so easy - it`s double the publicity, and it`s hard to have a private life...I have to tell you that I am happier with my life now then ever: I have a great son and a great career. I`m not only here, but here stronger than I`ve ever been - I have absolutely no regrets about the ups and downs of my career. (2004)

I didn`t want to throw like an actress.

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.

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