Dennis Quaid
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"Dennis William Quaid" is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder. Some of his notable credits include Breaking Away, The Rookie (2002 film)/The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic (2000 film)/Traffic, Vantage Point (film)/Vantage Point, Footloose (2011 film)/Footloose, Frequency (film)/Frequency, The Parent Trap (1998 film)/The Parent Trap, and Soul Surfer (film)/Soul Surfer. For his role in Far from Heaven (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

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

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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.

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

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

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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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I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. My favorite sports movies transcend the sports that they are about.

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There's a moment that comes and I think that it comes for anyone who loves their job and what they do and they've been at it for a while where you realize at an early age, because it's such a gift to realize at an early age what you want to do with your life and know what you want to do.

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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.

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

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