Quotes from Dennis Quaid

Your partner has to live with the best and the worst part of you, and they're affected by it.

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

I always want to find the best burger in town.

Wall Street has come to America's heartland, really. The only thing missing are the skyscrapers, you know?

What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.

I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.

'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.

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

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.

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

I didn't play football in school, but I've been a fan of football all my life. I have a fair understanding of it. Doing movies about it really helps because you know what makes them work and what doesn't.

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

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.

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

What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.