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Do you feel any sort of responsibility when you take roles, in terms of how you hold that mirror up to people?

Quaid: You know, I try not to judge. And I can't help it if others judge me for my choices or whatever. But I don't do horror movies.

That's a conscious decision?

Quaid: Yeah. I really don't like 'em all that much myself, that's why. But I try not to censor myself, in a way, when it comes to being an actor.

Are there any kinds of roles that you're interested in because they would be particularly good mirrors to hold up?

Quaid: Yeah, things like The Rookie, which had a great message to it. Yours, Mine & Ours has a great message as well. But that's not the reason that I took the role. I like a lot of variety, and part of that is portraying the underbelly of what it is to be human sometimes. But I certainly don't think I would do a role that would send a message out there that I didn't agree with, or something that promoted or advocated violence. I don't think I would take a role like that.

Does your son go with you to church?

Quaid: Yeah.

And what does he make of it?

Quaid: Well, there's a lot of times when he doesn't want to go! (laughs) But you know, that's just being a kid. But I think it's important. Your spiritual life starts when you're young, and it's important so that later on in life you've got something to fall back on, when life gets bumpy.

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