Dennis Quaid is shedding light on what his day-to-day life in Nashville looks like six years after leaving Los Angeles behind.
“Basically, I play golf,” the actor told People. “I love to be around the house here. You get a lot of land and space, but you’re still in an urban environment. I’ve made some really good friends here to spend time with. It’s important and a great place to raise a family.”
Quaid and his wife, Laura Savoie, moved to Tennessee in 2020 after living in California for decades. Quaid told the outlet that the connection to the community he found in Nashville makes it feel like home.
He also told the outlet that the entertainment industry in Hollywood has drastically changed since his early days as an actor.
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“It used to be if you were auditioning for something, you’d go to an office. You’d go in and there would be five people dressed just like you, all up for the same part, waiting for time to read. You met a lot of people that way and that’s where a community was formed,” Quaid told the outlet.
He explained that the system has changed and actors are now largely sending in self-taped auditions, which has left him yearning for the sense of community he once felt.
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“Now everybody puts something on tape in their room and sends it in. You don’t have this feeling of community over that,” Quaid said.
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“The Parent Trap” star told the outlet that if he was just breaking into acting, he would not put down roots in California at all. “If I was an actor starting out, I wouldn’t go to LA I would go to Atlanta,” Quaid said, referring to the accessibility of production studios in the south.
Although Quaid is calling Tennessee home for now, he hasn’t completely closed the door on California.
“I might be open to going back to LA later on. I moved before the fires and everything, but I just think things have got to get a little better there,” he said, adding, “And it’s so nice here in Tennessee. It’s soft, and it’s a real feeling of community.”
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In Quaid’s six years living in Tennessee, he has learned that there is much more to Nashville than just country music.
“It’s not a one-horse town. It’s not just music, although, like 75 percent of all music in the United States, no matter what genre it is either, not just country is done right here in Nashville,” he said.
The actor concluded, “They have so many other industries, and it’s also booming, but it’s still holding its character. I think because it’s not just people from California. There’s people from New York and Chicago and really all over that are coming to live in Nashville.”
