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Post by petrolino on Jun 3, 2018 2:59:44 GMT
Dennis Quaid (born Dennis William Quaid, April 9, 1954 (age 64), Houston, Texas, U.S.)
"Being a natural-born man of the Great Outdoors, Dennis Quaid, until quite recently, owned a ranch of 400-plus acres in Montana, where he played at being a cowboy, roping calves, for more than 40 years – filming in the sub-freezing conditions was no hardship for him at all. “I love the wilderness and being outside and playing a fisherman on the Arctic Ocean,” he says, with a slow, sly spread of that grin. “It’s so beautiful. To me, Iceland is Hawaii in the Arctic – it’s exotic and very alien, in the sense that it messes with your senses.”
Somewhere else he loves is Austin, Texas. “It’s where I always wanted to be. It has a fantastic music scene, always has… very eclectic, country and jazz and a fusion of all kinds of different music. There used to be this expression: ‘Keep Austin weeeeeirrrrd’, which is disappearing.” You like “weird”? “Yes, I do. I have to say that I do like things that are not down the middle – which bores me.” He’s the front man of his band the Sharks and plays the piano, guitar and writes songs – including the bluesy ballad Closer to You that he wrote for the steamy 1986 crime thriller The Big Easy, set in New Orleans."
- Ginny Dougary, The Radio Times
"A typed-up list of casting recommendations for 'Pulp Fiction' by director Quentin Tarantino found its way online today, detailing a host of A-listers he was eying for various parts and showing that the actors who eventually starred in the classic film were not all first picks. The scan looks like it’s missing a second page (Jules and The Wolf aren’t listed) but we do get his notes on Vincent (a role that would eventually go to John Travolta), Lance (Eric Stoltz), Jody (Rosanna Arquette) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth).
He wanted Gary Oldman for all three male characters (and who wouldn’t). Nicolas Cage could have played dressing gown-wearing drug dealer Lance and was a ‘strong possibility’ for the role. Dennis Quaid might have played Vincent Vaga. Dennis Quaid!"
- Christopher Hooton, The Independent
“I was looking for something to fill that hole. I started meditating. I read the Bible, the Qur’an, I read the Dhammapada [the Buddhist teachings]. I read all the texts. I was very interested in the Bhagavad Gita [one of the Hindu texts], which led to me going to India, seeking that out.”
- Dennis Quaid, The Guardian
“Randy's doing OK. He’s had some things … He likes for me to keep him out of the press, out of my story, and I respect that. But I think my brother still has an incredible third act as an artist, an actor.”
- Dennis Quaid speaking in 2017, The Guardian
"It was my first job. I came out from Houston in February of 1975. It was a couple months short of my 21st birthday. I sent my photo and résumé — college dropout — to every agent in town. I got turned down by every agent in town. I started looking in Variety. I read through Variety every day. You used to have 'Films in the Future' or 'Films in Production', and they would list the films that were being cast. So I started calling up casting directors based on those Films in the Future. After nine months of doing that, I went to see a casting director, Geno Havens. After talking with him for about half an hour, he called an agent for me. Then about three months later, I got this film, “September 30, 1955.” It was called “9/30/55” actually at the beginning. I saw it in Variety.
I wanted to be a working actor. Back then the whole thing of being a movie star was kind of not a cool idea. It was about being an actor. Back then you had the antiheroes, the rebel heroes. You had Jack Nicholson, who’s probably the best example of that. They didn’t even show up at the Golden Globe Awards. It was not cool to go to the Golden Globes. Barely]cool to go to the Academy Awards. Or do a TV interview or anything like that. I just wanted to be the best actor I could be.
Early idols would of course be Marlon Brando, who I wound up actually meeting. My brother [Randy Quaid] was doing “The Missouri Breaks.” He wanted his car in Montana, so I
drove it up there. I wound up staying on the set for the entire shoot. So my very first movie set that I was on, I was watching Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson work every
day. Of course, on that movie too was Harry Dean Stanton, who turned out to be really a lifetime mentor and friend/father figure. I became his assistant to make a little money to spend there. Harry Dean was in my life all the way up until a couple months ago when he passed."
- Dennis Quaid, Variety
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Post by politicidal on Jun 3, 2018 14:23:20 GMT
I think someone referred to him as the poor man's Harrison Ford.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 18:09:46 GMT
His first line of defense: "I'm not Randy."
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 4, 2018 13:55:55 GMT
He did star or was featured in some rather enjoyable films during the 80s and a few from the 90s:
Dragonheart (1996)
Innerspace (1987)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Stripes (1981)
Sadly, I have also a lot of not so great memories of watching some of his lesser films which makes stuff like Jaws 3-D look like a damn masterpiece:
Legion (2010)
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Frequency (2000)
Of that I can for now remember but I know there is a lot more but will not bother spending more time on looking those turds up.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 4, 2018 15:16:13 GMT
I really enjoyed his performance in "The Big Easy"
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Post by politicidal on Jun 4, 2018 16:50:12 GMT
He did star or was featured in some rather enjoyable films during the 80s and a few from the 90s: Dragonheart (1996) Innerspace (1987) Enemy Mine (1985) Jaws 3-D (1983) Stripes (1981) Sadly, I have also a lot of not so great memories of watching some of his lesser films which makes stuff like Jaws 3-D look like a damn masterpiece: Legion (2010) Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) Frequency (2000) Of that I can for now remember but I know there is a lot more but will not bother spending more time on looking those turds up. I have not seen Frequency but it seems interesting conceptually. So that I can sort of understand. Now the first two should have been obvious. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 4, 2018 17:25:30 GMT
He did star or was featured in some rather enjoyable films during the 80s and a few from the 90s: Dragonheart (1996) Innerspace (1987) Enemy Mine (1985) Jaws 3-D (1983) Stripes (1981) Sadly, I have also a lot of not so great memories of watching some of his lesser films which makes stuff like Jaws 3-D look like a damn masterpiece: Legion (2010) Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) Frequency (2000) Of that I can for now remember but I know there is a lot more but will not bother spending more time on looking those turds up. I think he originally read for the role played by Harold Ramis in 'Stripes' having impressed in 'The Seniors' (1978). I
I like 'Innerspace', 'Legion' and 'Frequency'. Love 'Jaws 3'D'.
I'll have to check out 'Dragonheart', thanks.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 4, 2018 17:27:30 GMT
I really enjoyed his performance in "The Big Easy" My favourite Jim McBride movie. They reteamed for the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic 'Great Balls Of Fire!' (1989). |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 4, 2018 18:57:07 GMT
Such a likable actor, who has made many good films, and few real stinkers. stefancrosscoe , I have to strongly disagree about Frequency, my friend. This was a heart-felt movie, along with Far From Heaven and The Rookie, some of his best work in the 21st century. I read somewhere he barely recalls even making Jaws 3D, due to his cocaine use during this period, but he may have just been joking.  |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 5, 2018 1:44:35 GMT
I've liked Dennis Quaid as an actor ever since I first saw him in Dragonheart (1996), which is the first movie I can recall seeing him in.  That's^ a movie I always remember Dennis Quaid being in, as it really got to me emotionally. The fact that Dennis Quaid's dragon slayer character, Bowen, went from hating dragons to forming a friendship with one (Draco, voiced by Sean Connery) was very effective, I thought. The ending is especially impactful.   The other part of what makes the ending so effective is the piece of music used titled 'To The Stars'. I think that's^ what really delivers the gut-punch at the end. It's such a beautiful piece of music (I remember it having been used at the Oscars in the past during their 'In Memoriam' sections, but I always associate it with this movie). I feel Dragonheart is a very underrated movie. Pandorum (2009) is another movie starring Dennis Quaid which I think is underrated/doesn't get the recognition it deserves and I quite enjoyed (though Antje Traue may have been a large part of why I liked it).  |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 5, 2018 2:08:25 GMT
Ha I think it was in People magazine that he was referred to as a poor man's Harrison Ford although Kurt Russell was also called the same.
I liked him in Dragonheart although he seemed uncertain about whether to have an accent or not.
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 5, 2018 6:04:28 GMT
I have always liked him although he has never had the opportunities/made the right choices to put him in the A-list.
His best films are surely those two classics, early in his career, Breaking Away and The Right Stuff.
His finest performance may be In Good Company - a terrific, under appreciated film in which he, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson all do arguably career-best work.
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Post by jervistetch on Jun 5, 2018 6:05:25 GMT
The first movie I remember Dennis from is BREAKING AWAY. It was such a wonderful film and it still is to this day. I think Dennis always adds something worthwhile to any film he's in.  I love this cast reunion picture from 2016, 37 years after the movie was released.  |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 5, 2018 8:29:14 GMT
I liked him in Dragonheart although he seemed uncertain about whether to have an accent or not. Yes, his accent did seem to fade in and out during the movie. Nevertheless I still liked his character the the friendship he formed with Draco. Dragonheart is easily my favourite Dennis Quaid movie and probably my favourite dragon movie too. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 5, 2018 9:19:25 GMT
surprised that nobody mentioned THE LONG RIDERS.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 5, 2018 15:46:37 GMT
The first movie I remember Dennis from is BREAKING AWAY. It was such a wonderful film and it still is to this day. I think Dennis always adds something worthwhile to any film he's in. I love this cast reunion picture from 2016, 37 years after the movie was released. is one of my all-time favorites, and a classic, in my opinion. Thanks for posting these photos! |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 5, 2018 19:01:05 GMT
I like Dragonheart although the heart-dragon plot is awfully contrived. They also cut corners on some CGI here and there, but it is an emotionally involving film with a very memorable score. I prefer it to Lord of the Rings.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 5, 2018 21:01:37 GMT
Such a likable actor, who has made many good films, and few real stinkers. stefancrosscoe , I have to strongly disagree about Frequency, my friend. This was a heart-felt movie, along with Far From Heaven and The Rookie, some of his best work in the 21st century. I read somewhere he barely recalls even making Jaws 3D, due to his cocaine use during this period, but he may have just been joking. I'm a big fan of Todd Haynes' 'Far From Heaven' (2002). And now I feel it has a perfect companion piece in 'Carol' (2015).
I really need to pull my finger out and get a hold of 'The Rookie' (2002). Quaid's been in some of the great sports pictures - Joseph Ruben's 'Our Winning Season' (1978), Peter Yates' 'Breaking Away' (1978) which was ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the 10 greatest American sports films, Richard Fleischer's notorious nasty 'Tough Enough' (1983), Taylor Hackford's nostalgic 'Everybody's All-American' (1988), Oliver Stone's 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) which stands as a serious contender for greatest football picture, then more recently appearing in Gary Fleder's excellent biopic of Ernie Davis, 'The Express' (2008).
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Post by petrolino on Jun 5, 2018 21:03:39 GMT
I've liked Dennis Quaid as an actor ever since I first saw him in Dragonheart (1996), which is the first movie I can recall seeing him in. That's^ a movie I always remember Dennis Quaid being in, as it really got to me emotionally. The fact that Dennis Quaid's dragon slayer character, Bowen, went from hating dragons to forming a friendship with one (Draco, voiced by Sean Connery) was very effective, I thought. The ending is especially impactful. The other part of what makes the ending so effective is the piece of music used titled 'To The Stars'. I think that's^ what really delivers the gut-punch at the end. It's such a beautiful piece of music (I remember it having been used at the Oscars in the past during their 'In Memoriam' sections, but I always associate it with this movie). I feel Dragonheart is a very underrated movie. Pandorum (2009) is another movie starring Dennis Quaid which I think is underrated/doesn't get the recognition it deserves and I quite enjoyed (though Antje Traue may have been a large part of why I liked it). I'm itching to see 'Dragonheart' now. Thanks for the positive recommendation.
I snapped up 'Pandorum' (2009) on dvd. Great movie.
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Post by deembastille on Jun 5, 2018 21:03:51 GMT
His first line of defense: "I'm not Randy." although i know what you mean, i find randy quite pleasant. even though he is mostly known for the boisterous portrayal of cousin eddie in the national lampoon vacation movies. and although he was kind of uncouth and kind of class-less he WAS CONSTANTLY 'THERE' [emotionally, not just physically] for his cousins. id rather randy quaid than john belushi any day of the week and twice on sunday. |
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