DENNIS QUAID - QUAID RECALLED CLINTON GOLFING WEEKEND FOR NEW ROLE

DENNIS QUAID used the weekend he spent golfing with U.S. President BILL CLINTON as inspiration for his role as a secret service agent in new movie VANTAGE POINT. Quaid and his then-wife Meg Ryan joined Clinton for a short stay at The White House in 1999, and the actor was amazed by how the secret service launched into action when he joined the President for a round of golf. He says, "It was a slow news weekend and Hillary (Clinton) was out of town and we played golf. "We went in the presidential motorcade to play golf. It's amazing - you go outside The White House and you get in the car and you never stop. We just had a couple of Subway sandwiches in the back. We got to the golf course and they closed down the golf course (to other members). "That's where I got my first eye to the secret service, which turned out to be research for this role... "Nothing happens when a president goes some place that's impromptu. It's been chartered out."