Dennis Quaid Calls Out Hollywood ‘Double Standard’ on Donald Trump Support, Praises Air Force One Experience [WATCH]

Actor Dennis Quaid is speaking out about what he describes as a “double standard” in Hollywood regarding support for President Donald Trump, while also discussing his recent experience flying aboard Air Force One and his latest film release, as reported by Fox News.

Quaid, 71, made the comments in an interview with Fox News Digital, where he addressed reactions within the entertainment industry to political views.

“There’s either ‘F Trump’ from the other side or ‘I love Trump’ from a few of us who speak about it,” Quaid said.

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He added, “There’s a double standard, but there’s a double standard on everything. You’ve got common sense, and then you’ve got like some kind of whipped up scenario where, you know, it might be true, you know, that I could compete in women’s sports or, you know, that I could whatever, vote twice or whatever it is.”

Quaid said he recently spoke with President Trump about his new film, “War Machine,” which debuted exclusively on Netflix earlier this month. The action and science fiction film also stars Alan Ritchson.

“He said, ‘What do you got coming out?’ I said, ‘War Machine.’ He went, ‘Oh yeah, I can’t wait to see that. We need that kind of movie. What’s it about?’ I said, ‘It’s aliens versus humans.’

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He said, ‘You know I’m going to release the file,’” Quaid said, adding, “So, we may have a prequel by the time he does it, you never know.”

Quaid also described flying on Air Force One, calling it “fantasy camp.”

“It was pretty amazing,” he said. “There’s everything you really kind of thought it would be.”

He noted that the aircraft includes a room similar to scenes often depicted in action films.

“With the, you know, the military guys, they’re at their radar screens or whatever. The nuclear football’s just sitting there, and it was something else.”

Quaid said he was with President Trump before the United States launched coordinated strikes against Iran late last month and commented on the president’s demeanor at the time.

“He said the president was talking about, ‘What are we going to do about Iran, you know?’ He didn’t want to do it. And you could tell that it weighed heavy on his heart, because he knew sending any of our service people into harm’s way, it’s probably the biggest, hardest decision that I think the President of the United States could make. And it weighed heavy on him, but, you know, he had quite a poker face at the same time because he wasn’t really giving anything away, but you could feel his heart. That’s what it was.”

Reflecting on the aircraft itself, Quaid said it reminded him of an earlier era.

“Everything is exactly the same,” he said. “Bush One got the plane, I think, for a month and Clinton used it. I mean, you could remember the classic photographs even from back then, like [former President George W.] Bush being on the plane from, you know, when 9/11 happened. And everything is perfectly well taken care of, but that plane is old.”

He added, “We’ve got to get him a new one. Not for, just for Trump, but for, you know, the next one, because it’s 30 years old. Seemed like my Bonanza had better avionics than it did, more up to date. I’m sure they have a few hidden things in there, but you know.”

Quaid’s comments come as reports indicate the royal family of Qatar plans to gift the U.S. government a Boeing 747 that Trump intends to use as Air Force One before it is later transferred to his presidential library.

Turning to his film “War Machine,” Quaid said he was drawn to the project because it resembled classic action movies.

“It felt like a really kind of old-time movie, you know, like ‘Rambo’ and the really classic, really great kind of movies of the ‘80s.”

“We needed a movie like this to come along, and it really does deliver. It really does.”

He also spoke about working with co-star Alan Ritchson.

“He’s a great star, you know, you like to watch him, he’s in great shape, and he can do all that action stuff, and you believe it,” Quaid said.

Quaid noted his respect for the military and the importance of portraying it accurately in films.

“At least I want it to feel right, and, you know, I was never in the service, and I really respect those who were,” he said.

“When I turned 18, that was like the year they went to the volunteer army … But I really have a lot of respect for our military and what they do for all of us. You know, it’s amazing what they do.”

He also discussed how his perspective on acting has changed over time.

“I’m not trying to like, you know, be somebody or, you know, get awards or this or that … I’m doing things because I really love to do them. And that makes it so much fun.”

Quaid added that his approach to acting now is focused on enjoyment.

“I love acting, and I love it more than ever, and the older you get, the kind of really kind of better the parts to tell you the truth.”

In a separate podcast appearance, Quaid reflected on his career, including his role in the 1998 film “The Parent Trap.”

“I was playing bad boys and stuff like that,” he said, before referencing his time in rehabilitation, which he described as “cocaine school.”

“Then I had kids of my own,” he added. “Then along comes ‘Parent Trap’ and, you know, it just kind of changed everything.”

He said acting continues to be a creative process.

“I love to come in and like make something out of nothing because that’s what you’re doing every day is you’re, you know, you’ve got these words on a page and stuff like that, but you’re trying to do what they call ‘magic’ or whatever, but, just, you know, trying to convey something that you don’t really even fully realize what it is. You know, you’re all there trying to create something out of nothing. At the end of the day, maybe you kind of got a piece of it.”

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