Dennis Quaid jumped at the opportunity to gush over President Donald Trump during a podcast appearance.
The 71-year-old Hollywood star called the president “approachable,” “very funny,” and “really genuine,” in an interview with evangelical pastor and podcaster Greg Laurie.
Quaid, who rose to fame in films including The Big Easy, The Right Stuff, and The Parent Trap, and made a comeback in The Substance, described himself as a “common-sense independent” before gushing over Trump.
He said that the 79-year-old president is “very surprisingly approachable and very funny. And really genuine.”
Quaid rose to fame in such films as “The Right Stuff” and “The Parent Trap.” Santiago Felipe/Getty Images
“He wouldn’t be president if he wasn’t genuine. The people who voted for him, they know that he has their best interests at heart, that he is a genuine person,” said Quaid, who has long been a fan of Trump and campaigned for him in 2024.
“I’ve never seen anybody with that kind of energy,” he continued. “People say that about me, but he’s really got a lot of energy.”
Quaid also lashed out at Hollywood during his Greg Laurie Show interview, claiming it’s veered too far left.
The actor argued that being a Clinton Democrat in today’s Hollywood is the “same thing as being a neo-con, on the right side or whatever. What used to be, you can’t be anymore.”
Actor Dennis Quaid leaves the stage after speaking at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images
As for himself, Quaid said, “I’m a common-sense independent myself. You know, I think I lean more conservative in my head.”
“But umm, I’m just for common sense,” he added.
Quaid, who portrayed President Ronald Reagan in the widely panned 2024 film Reagan, campaigned for Trump at a rally in California’s Coachella Valley in October 2024.
He called Trump “my favorite president of the 21st century,” while naming Reagan his favorite president of the 20th century and comparing the two Republican presidents.
“We were a nation in decline. That’s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, no, we’re not a nation in decline. We’re going there. And we followed him. The same with Trump. With President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century,” he told the crowd.
The “common-sense independent” also said, “I’m here today to tell you that it’s time to pick a side.”
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