Dennis Quaid

So they only gave him half of it and cinched his legs up like this.

And that horse stood up on two legs and it was just, man, it was horrific.

And that kind of, I think that's what changed my mind.

Maybe I should be an actor.

And I'll play a veterinarian.

No, you can get that done for free in California.

Oh, it was fantastic.

It was amazing, man.

That whole era of the 70s, you know, which started with Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider...

Yeah.

Great films during that time.

The French New Wave is what they called it, kind of more handheld, grittier.

And it was the return of the anti-hero and the rebel hero.

Because Hollywood had lost touch with their audience.

They were making movies like Toby Tyler and these bloated musicals, which...

And so it became like the inmates had taken over the asylum.

There was really new, exciting stuff getting done, like Badlands and the conversation, which led to The Godfather.

And that was, I think, the golden age of filmmaking.

They just perfected it.

I mean, really, it was only like 10 years into where all the movies were color.