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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