Dennis Quaid devastated by close family connection to Texas floods
Dennis Quaid has deep ties to Texas The Sovereign star was born and raised in the Lone Star State and still has ties to the area As Texans are dealing with deadly flash floods that claimed over lives the actor shared a personal story about the day the floods began His daughter Zoe was working as a counselor at a camp approximately miles north of Kerrville when news began latest about the flooding Quaid advised Fox News Digital She'd been attending the camp since she was a young girl and the night the flooding began he wasn't able to get a hold of her DENNIS QUAID ON HIS FAITH GETTING HIM THROUGH THE GOOD AND HARD TIMES WE ALL NEED THAT I heard about this as I was going to bed that night Quaid explained and I tried to call her because I knew she was up there I knew it wasn't near where the floods were but I wasn't able to talk to her till the next day He added that he didn't really get a lot of sleep that night Quaid disclosed his daughter and others at the camp were relatively safe up there but another girl at the camp lost her family in the floods One of the girls at that camp lost her whole family who were camping in an RV I guess on the Guadalupe River and they were swept away he commented Quaid and his wife Laura Savoie are also friends with the Hunt family Clark Hunt owner of the Kansas City Chiefs lost a family member in the mishap -year-old Janie Hunt I can't imagine how that would how devastating that would be he admitted We just need to pray for people he added naming the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund a local charity fundraiser that's supporting relief and rebuilding efforts in the group You think of those kids that night and it just chills my heart Do a lot of praying because there's a lot of people that need to be prayed for still FAITH BRINGS LIGHT TO DEVASTATED TEXAS TOWN AFTER DEADLY FLOODING DISASTERDuring his conversation with Fox News Digital Quaid also spoke about his new film Sovereign which is in theaters and available for digital purchase and rental in the present day The film inspired by true events tells the story of a father and son played by Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay who consider themselves sovereign citizens a group the FBI refers to as anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country they are separate or sovereign from the United States Quaid plays a police chief who crosses paths with them LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWhen requested about the responsibility Hollywood has when portraying these kinds of politically charged stories Quaid noted I think if you just try to tell the story as it happened instead of putting something else on it For instance I don't really want to compare this to Democrats and Republicans right now or even ICE Sovereigns are a different group They're not even anarchists to the sense They don't belong to anything They don't have a driver's license It's like they don't enter into a contract with the executive and so therefore they're not subject to any laws that they don't recognize As for portraying characters with beliefs that differ from his own Quaid advised Fox News Digital I play people from their point of view CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER How we think and our actions are governed to a large extent by the way we grew up But is it genetic or is it the milieu that we were in And both of those things contribute Quaid explained that since Sovereign is based on a true story he spent time speaking with the police chief his character was inspired by And he declared the writer and director Christian Swegal has a family member who is a sovereign citizen This story I think is mythic in a way he reported It's like something out of the Old West
