Dennis Quaid Says His 70th Birthday Celebration Was ‘Like Being At Your Own Funeral’

Dennis Quaid turned 70 on April 9, however, he opted for a more solemn family time instead of a big celebration. “It was kind of quiet at home,” he told Fox News Digital. “My wife got together little videos from everybody I know and love and they said something nice about me because there was a camera.”

He also joked that “it was a little bit like being at your own funeral,” but noted that he had a nice time. “Yeah, my jaw dropped sometimes, it was really sweet— people I hadn’t seen in years,” Dennis, who co-produced his new movie, The Long Game with his wife, Laura Savoie, added.

Dennis Quaid celebrates his 70th birthday

With fifty years of a successful Hollywood career, Dennis has much to be thankful for as he enters his seventies. “I take everything as it comes along. It seems like the characters find me. The only strategy I ever had was to do as many different types of roles as possible,” he responded when asked what roles he preferred. “And I think I’ve been pretty good at accomplishing that.”

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The father of three added that he enjoys acting “now more than ever” despite old age. “I still feel those butterflies about it and feel so lucky to be doing it. And I’m not trying to get anywhere now or be anything; just doing it because I love it,” he gushed, noting that he has, like most successful people, had “many humbling experiences.”

While reminiscing about his life, Dennis admits he would have advised his younger self to take things slowly and watch life evolve. “There’s a lot of things that I would have done differently, but I wouldn’t think to go back and do it because everybody’s got to make a mistake the first time around,” he explained. “And it just happens to everybody. If it wasn’t that, it’d be something else. So, coulda, woulda, should’ve, if only; that’s just not a way to live.”

He also spoke on his new film, The Long Game, which is based on a true story, and Mustang Miracle by author Humberto G. Garcia, which is about Mexican-American boys who worked as caddies on a golf course and eventually break through racial barriers to play the sport themselves. “I already play golf only once a day, so that part I didn’t have to really work on. Preparing was more about the story and the script and getting that along and helping out my director, Julio Quintana, who was so talented,” he said.