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MAN NONEATER (Actor Dennis Quiad battled "manorexia" in the mid-90's)
NY Post ^
| March 10, 2006
| Dick Johnson
Posted on 03/10/2006 8:34:49 AM PST by presidio9
EATING disorders aren't just for girls anymore. Dennis Quaid confesses in the new issue of Best Life that he battled "manorexia" in the mid-'90s. After losing 40 pounds to play Doc Holliday in "Wyatt Earp," Quaid says, "My arms were so skinny that I couldn't pull myself out of a pool. I'd look in the mirror and still see a 180-pound guy, even though I was 138 pounds." Quaid, now fit and elegant on the mag's cover, says, "for many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do."
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KEYWORDS: anorexia; getoveryourself; mangina
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:34:50 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Does he have a mangina too?
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:36:12 AM PST
by
lovecraft
(Specialization is for insects.)
To: presidio9
Quaid was excellent as Doc Holliday, as was Val Kilmer (Tombostone). Glad he's pulled himself out of the eating-disorder trap.
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:37:00 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: presidio9
I look in the mirror and see a 180 pound man even though I am 250. I have trouble pulling myself out of the pool, too.
Wait that's more information than you all need to know.
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:38:41 AM PST
by
Sensei Ern
(Now, IB4Z! http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy/ "I believe Hillary is the aunti-christ.")
To: presidio9
Randy never had that problem.
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:39:57 AM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(I will never forget. I promise.)
To: presidio9
Wyatt Earp is my all time favorite quotable movie
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I think Randy was eating for both of them. But Dennis also had a little help from nose-candy, as I recall. Checked himself into a clinic for 6 months.
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:43:32 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: presidio9
Now that he's gaining weight back he may soon be ready for a "manzier".
(Or maybe he can borrow Randy's.)
To: theDentist
Also, I doubt Meg Ryan can cook.
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posted on
03/10/2006 8:49:28 AM PST
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
Also, I doubt Meg Ryan can cook. True, but I'm not all that interested in her ability to use a frying pan...
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:21:27 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: theDentist
Meg Ryan has somehow managed to transform herself into a skank since she dumped Quiad. Unbelievable, but true.
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:22:35 AM PST
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
I'll never forgive her for dumping Dennis. btw, she hasn't played in anything worthwhile since.
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:24:38 AM PST
by
bonfire
To: presidio9
I still like her.. reminds me of an old flame.
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:24:54 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: LIConFem
Personally, I though Val was a better Doc Holliday. So many good one-liners in "Tombstone."
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:35:10 AM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Randy never had that problem. 
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:40:03 AM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
To: MotleyGirl70
Yes, Kilmer was excellent, and Tombstone did have some really good quips. I think part of what made Quaid's Holliday so convincing was the actor's weight loss. He just looked and behaved more like someone who was ill.
My fav Tombstone giggle:
Clayborne: He's so drunk, he's probably seein' double!
Holliday (drawing a second pistol): I got two guns,... one for each of ya
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:40:28 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: MotleyGirl70
LOL, MG. Cousin Eddie strikes. I love Randy in that movie--Eddie and his visible dickey-lines bust my gut.
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:51:58 AM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Miss Behave
Eddie and his visible dickey-lines bust my gut.Yep. That's hilarious.
Notice the Marty Moose glasses that they're drinking eggnog out of it too.
No matter how many times I see that movie (more during the holidays), I always laugh.
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:54:52 AM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
To: MotleyGirl70
LOL on those Marty Moose Mugs. In thinking of Cousin Eddie re-dipping his into the punch, I can just hear him (loudly) slurp and "ahhhhh" it up. Poor Clark.
I feel the same as you about that movie, MG--no matter how many times...BIG laughs. :-)
Tree...squirrel...Uncle Lewis...cigar...toupee...fire....
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posted on
03/10/2006 12:08:58 PM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Miss Behave
Cousin Eddie:
"Save the neck for me Clark."
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posted on
03/10/2006 12:22:25 PM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Most cats are democrats - did you ever meet a creature with such an inborn sense of entitlement?)
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