Dennis Quaid shares private connection to devastating Texas flash floods

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Dennis Quaid has deep ties to Texas.

The "Sovereign" star was born and raised within the Lone Star State and nonetheless has ties to the world. As Texans are coping with lethal flash floods that claimed over 100 lives, the actor shared a private story concerning the day the floods started.

His daughter, Zoe, 17, was working as a counselor at a camp roughly 75 miles north of Kerrville, when information started breaking concerning the flooding, Quaid advised Fox Information Digital. She'd been attending the camp since she was a younger woman, and the evening the flooding started, he wasn't in a position to come up with her.

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Dennis Quaid mentioned his daughter was at a summer season camp in Texas when the flash floods started. (Diana King for The Washington Submit through Getty Photographs)

"I heard about this as I used to be going to mattress that evening," Quaid defined, "and I attempted to name her as a result of I knew she was up there. I knew it wasn't close to the place the floods have been, however I wasn't in a position to speak to her until the following day."

He added that he "did not actually get a whole lot of sleep that evening."

Quaid mentioned his daughter and others on the camp have been "comparatively protected up there," however one other woman on the camp lost her family within the floods.

"One of many ladies at that camp misplaced her complete household who have been tenting in an RV, I suppose, on the Guadalupe River, and so they have been swept away," he mentioned.

Quaid and his spouse, Laura Savoie, are additionally mates with the Hunt household. Clark Hunt, proprietor of the Kansas City Chiefs , misplaced a member of the family within the catastrophe, 9-year-old Janie Hunt.

Quaid and his spouse, Laura Savoie, are mates with Clark Hunt, whose household misplaced somebody within the catastrophe. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

"I can not think about how that might … how devastating that might be," he admitted.

"We simply want to hope for folks," he added, naming the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund , a neighborhood fundraiser that is supporting aid and rebuilding efforts in the neighborhood.

First responders scan the banks of the Guadalupe River for victims swept away by flooding in Ingram, Texas, Friday, July 4, 2025. (Michel Fortier/The San Antonio Categorical-Information through AP)

"You consider these children that evening, and it simply chills my coronary heart. Do a whole lot of praying as a result of there's lots of people that have to be prayed for nonetheless."

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Dennis Quaid stars within the new movie "Sovereign." (Robby Klein/Getty Photographs for IMDb)

Throughout his dialog with Fox Information Digital, Quaid additionally spoke about his new film , "Sovereign," which is in theaters and out there for digital buy and rental right now.

The movie, impressed by true occasions, tells the story of a father and son, performed by Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay, who think about themselves sovereign residents, a bunch the FBI refers to as "anti-government extremists who imagine that despite the fact that they bodily reside on this nation, they're separate or ‘sovereign’ from the US." Quaid performs a police chief who crosses paths with them.

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"Sovereign" is in theaters and out there for digital buy and rental right now. (Briarcliff Leisure)

When requested concerning the duty Hollywood has when portraying these sorts of politically charged tales, Quaid mentioned, "I feel when you simply attempt to inform the story because it occurred as a substitute of placing one thing else on it. … As an example, I do not actually need to examine this to Democrats and Republicans proper now, or even ICE .

"Sovereigns are a distinct group. They don't seem to be even anarchists to the sense. They do not belong to something. They do not have a driver's license. It is like they do not enter right into a contract with the federal government, and so, subsequently, they are not topic to any legal guidelines that they do not acknowledge."

Dennis Quaid stars as Police Chief Jim Bouchart. (Briarcliff Leisure)

As for portraying characters with beliefs that differ from his personal, Quaid advised Fox Information Digital, "I play folks from their viewpoint.

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"[How] we expect and our actions are ruled to a big extent by the best way we grew up. However is it genetic or is it the atmosphere that we have been in? And each of these issues contribute."

Dennis Quaid mentioned his new movie is "mythic, in a manner." (Briarcliff Leisure)

Quaid defined that since "Sovereign" is predicated on a real story, he frolicked talking with the police chief his character was impressed by. And he mentioned the author and director, Christian Swegal, has a member of the family who's a sovereign citizen.