A white fly out of the choir. This is the actor and musician Dennis Quaid71 years old, who is a guest today of Taormina Festival It does not agree at all or with Martin Scorsesenor with Michael Douglas that in recent days, precisely at the Tiziana Rocca festival, they had said they were disappointed by the election to President of the United States of Donald Trump.
“I think exactly as opposed to them – he says immediately -. I am really happy with Trump’s election and I think history will give me reason. Its presidency is a turning point, not only for the United States, but for the whole world, and this will lead to a much better and peaceful world “.
And the actor born in Houston (Texas) in 1954, male counterpart in the cult movie/body horror The Substance Of Coralie Fargeathas good words also for our Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni: “He came to the United States and he is a wonderful person who I think has also torn a good commercial agreement on the duties.”
To those who remind him that in Italy Meloni’s supporting artists are often attacked, says Quaid: «In America it is the same. When I played Ronald Reagan in Sean McNamara’s film, it was 2020 and there were presidential elections, they tried to cancel me. They tried in every way, they accused me of a thousand different things and only he helped me ».
Quaid then adds: «Reagan was my favorite president. It was he who put an end to the Cold War, and he changed the world for the better. It took someone with the reputation of a man of war, of a very hard type to make peace. And it is always the case ».
In the future of the actor a film already al Tribeca Film Festival which is called ‘Sovereign‘. “These are people who feel precisely ‘sovereign’ and for this reason not subject to the law of the United States. They do not take the driving license, they do not pay taxes and this obviously leads to many problems. The film is based on real facts, or the story of a father and a son who identify themselves as ‘sovereign’ citizens who find themselves clashing with a police chief played by me “.
On the great success of ‘The Substance‘Body Horror by Coralie Fargeat spent in 2024 in Cannes says: «It is a watershed that changes the cinema, as for me, at eighteen, was to see’2001 Odyssey in space‘by Kubrick who changed my generation. It is a film that reaches the stomach, reaches the belly ».
What did Dennis Quaid want as a boy? «I thought I was a veterinarian, but then I understood that he did not make for me and I started acting, a job that also has something mystical. In this profession I then had an advantage, I know both the ocean sides of America, a little thing. “
Quaid, who married in 2020, in Santa Barbara, Laura Savoieof thirty -nine younger years, is of Cristiana Battista religion. The actor has repeatedly stated that reading the Bible and religion helped him overcome all his weaknesses including addictions to drugs.
«I think the Bible would change the life of anyone. I read it four times and every time you find something different. Every human experience, every human thought is in the Bible. You know that it will make you angry, it will make you feel loved, you know that you will get angry with God, you will praise God. In short, it will make you feel – he concludes – everything there is to hear ».