DENNIS QUAID - QUAID RECALLED CLINTON GOLFING WEEKEND FOR NEW ROLE

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."