Dennis Quaid Net Worth

Dennis Quaid's Quotes

• What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I'll look great with liver spots.
• I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.
• [2004] Being a celebrity couple is not so easy - it's double the publicity, and it's hard to have a private life...I have to tell you that I am happier with my life now then ever: I have a great son and a great career. I'm not only here, but here stronger than I've ever been - I have absolutely no regrets about the ups and downs of my career.
• [on his recovery from cocaine addiction] Well, a couple of times I had people come have a talk with me, but I was operating, for the most part, on two hours of sleep a night, and I realized, "I can't do this and last very long." So I cleaned up (in the early '90s) and then the jobs stopped coming. You clean up your life and think you're supposed to be rewarded for it, but things actually got worse. On the other hand, if I hadn't sobered up, I probably wouldn't be alive today.
• There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

Interesting Facts about Dennis Quaid

1. Younger brother of Randy Quaid.
2. Uncle of Amanda Quaid.
3. Is also a musician and occasionally performs with his band, "Dennis Quaid and the Sharks".
4. Wrote songs for three of his films: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981), Tough Enough (1983) and The Big Easy (1986).
5. His favorite director of all time is David Lean.
6. Lived with and was engaged to Lea Thompson for three years. The couple met on the set of Jaws 3-D (1983).
7. When singing with his band, Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, he always plays with bare feet in order to feel comfortable as if playing in his living room.
8. Separated from wife Meg Ryan on June 28, 2000 and finalized divorced papers [that said Meg Ryan was able to keep all her jewelry and have joint custody of son Jack Quaid and the family car, a Jeep Cherokee, on July 16, 2001.
9. Was scheduled to play the title role in David Lean's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo in 1991. Lean's death in April 1991 brought the project to an end.
10. Loves golf, and his handicap is 6.
11. His parents are William (Buddy Quaid) and Nita Quaid.
12. Has a half-brother, Buddy Quaid, and a half-sister, Brandy Quaid.
13. Was asked to play the role of Bob in Halloween (1978) because his then-girlfriend P.J. Soles was in the film, but he was working on another project and had to decline.
14. Attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas.
15. Became engaged to Kimberly Buffington in 2004.
16. He attended Pershing Jr. High School in Houston, Texas.
17. He is a licensed private pilot with single and multiengine instrument ratings. He also has a type rating for the Cessna Citation 500 series twin engine light jet. He regularly flies the jet to his property in Montana.
18. Brother-in-law of Evi Quaid.
19. His drama teacher at Bellaire High School and, then, the University of Houston was Cecil Pickett, father of Cindy Pickett.
20. Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his roles in the films The Alamo (2004) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004), he did not receive a nomination however.