162 Quotes by Dennis Quaid

Family is the most important thing in life, period.

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.

I've been down to a 1 twice, and every time I get down there I start playing badly. I'm playing like a 13 right now. I have no idea why. It's all between the ears.

I've spent about a year of my life here between the four movies I've filmed. I can't imagine how devastated people must feel.

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

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.

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’m an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

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