[Quaid, like Hancock, hails from Texas -- Houston itself, the city named for his character, as a matter of fact.] You grow up in Texas, ... you learn Texas history before American history, and going to the Alamo as a kid or the San Jacinto battleground is a pilgrimage. |
Back then, people were throwing their underwear onstage. I remember taking eight pairs of my own underwear to the cleaners and getting only four back. |
Can we get in here by January 1st (06)? If there's any way we can do it here, I want to do it here. This is the place that really needs it. |
For many years I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had and how much exercise I'd have to do. |
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball. |
I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots. |
I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to. |
I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how. |
I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better. |
I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted. |
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. |
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. My favorite sports movies transcend the sports that they are about. |
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 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 done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them. |