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I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

Dennis Quaid

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Dennis Quaid
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 9
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
Composer
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Houston
Texas
Dennis William Quaid
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I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.
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I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.
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Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act.
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I was very uncomfortable with all the attention when it first started happening to me. I retreated quite a bit from the world, both physically and emotionally. But then you just accept that you can't control what the rest of the world thinks or does.
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