'Parent Trap' star Dennis Quaid says THIS helped him overcome Hollywood’s dark side



Dennis Quaid may be a well-known actor famous for roles in blockbuster hits like "The Parent Trap," but few know his story.

Allie Beth Stuckey sat down with Quaid recently to find out.

While he admits that Hollywood is about “seeking fame and fortune,” for him it was more about “the craft of acting.”

Acting, he says, was “something I love to do” and “a gift from God.”

“I like doing uplifting stories that uplift human spirit, and recently I’ve even got into what they call faith movies, but you know, I think they’re just really uplifting stories that I think we need in life,” he adds.

While Quaid has taken on more faith-based projects recently, as a Millennial woman, Stuckey is still intrigued by his "Parent Trap" past.

“Because I am a Millennial woman,” Stuckey starts, “most of my audience are Millennial women, and most of us, still, our favorite film that we’ve seen you in is ‘The Parent Trap.’ Do you get that all the time?”

“Yeah, because you’re my ‘Parent Trap’ girls,” Quaid laughs. “I used to be your babysitter, because your parents have put on that movie on the VCR and then they go do what they wanted to do in the other room and you probably saw it about 40 times.”

Quaid says that the film “reinvented” his career.

“You get older or whatever, things change. You can’t keep playing the same kind of parts. You have to reinvent yourself,” he adds.


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Dennis Quaid just released his first GOSPEL ALBUM, and it's awesome



Dennis Quaid, best known for his role as Nick Parker in “The Parent Trap,” joins Allie Beth Stuckey to discuss his new gospel album.

Like Allie, Quaid grew up a Texas Baptist, but his faith walk hasn’t always been easy.

“I guess [the album] turns out to be really a story of my own personal spiritual journey,” he says, “starting with 'Fallen,' which is the title track, which is really kind of a prodigal son story.”

Back in the 90s, Quaid went through a tough period of time when he was addicted to cocaine and had to go to rehab.

It was “one of those white-light experiences,” he says. “I saw myself as either dead or in jail or losing everything I had ... so I did get myself straight with that, but that still didn't fill the hole that was there – in fact it was a very deep hole after that.”

A search to fill that gaping hole led Quaid to return to scripture.

“I read the Bible again ... it was the red words of Jesus in the New Testament that really hit me this time, and that really started my personal relationship with Jesus,” he says.

Allie loves that Quaid’s album addresses all parts of the Christian journey “like repentance, and the humility, and the back and forth, that comes through the Christian faith and just being thankful for the grace of God that he allows us in to be imperfect and covers our sins, even when we fall short,” she says.

Quaid agrees, adding “there’s a lot of self examination in [the album] as well.”

Their conversation then shifts to Hollywood and his experience as a famous actor.

“Tell me a little bit about ... what it's been like looking back at your career in Hollywood,” especially considering “the emptiness, the corruption, the depravity, the sadness of Hollywood,” Allie says.

“Well, I don't think it's just Hollywood,” Quaid responds, adding, “Hollywood is just a reflection of our whole society.”

While he can’t control the messages Hollywood puts out, he can control how he chooses to use his acting abilities, which he acknowledges are “a gift from God.”

“I like doing uplifting stories that uplift the human spirit. And recently I've even gotten into what they call faith movies ... stories that I think we need in life,” says Quaid. .

To hear their full interview, watch the video below.


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Dennis Quaid on Faith, Addiction & 'The Parent Trap' | Ep 850

Dennis Quaid on Faith, Addiction & 'The Parent Trap' | Ep 850