Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

09-Apr-1954


United States


Actor

Derrick Jensen is an American writer and environmental activist based in Crescent City, California. He has published numerous books questioning and exploring modern society and its values, including A Language Older Than Words, Believe in Culture, and Endgame. He held the B.S. in Minerals Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines and MFFA. by creative writing from Eastern Washington University. He has also taught writing at Pelican Bay State Prison and Eastern Washington University.

QUOTES BY Dennis Quaid


"I found that you don't have to do drugs to have a great time. Music is a great drug on its own."

"I don't have a grand strategy for my career. I just look for good material, and good stories. I look for good scripts."

"You have to have the ability to remake yourself. Whatever that is. Every several years... Every five to 10 years."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"'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."

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