Quotes from Dennis Quaid

I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

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.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

The truth [always] lies in things that have no words.

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

When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything.

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

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

I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.

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.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

I used to eat a lot of fish, but I've been shying away from it because of the mercury thing. I eat more beef and chicken now.

I'm lucky. I have a high metabolism, so I pretty much eat anything and everything.

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.

I've never really sought out publicity.

Family is the most important thing in life, period.

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as many different types of characters and as many different types of genres of movies that I can.

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.

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

I guess I could say I'm an actor, which I am, but that sounds like I'm putting down being a movie star, which, let's face it, is what I've become to many people. For myself, I'm a guy who was very insecure from about age 14 until the day I hit my 30th birthday.

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

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