In preparing for his role as Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1989 biopic "Great Balls of Fire!", Dennis Quaid immersed himself in piano practice, spending 12 hours a day learning to play. He admitted that he used cocaine to help sustain his intense preparation schedule, signaling his struggles with addiction during that era. Quaid has been candid about his past substance abuse, revealing that he did cocaine daily in the 1980s. After the film's release, he sought help and entered rehab, experiencing a pivotal moment reflecting on his life choices.
"I had to look like I knew what I was doing," Quaid told Business Insider while looking back on his career in our latest Role Play interview. "Plus, I was also on cocaine, so that made it a little simpler to be at the piano 12 hours at a time."
In 2018, he told Megyn Kelly that he did the drug on a daily basis through the 1980s. It was a year after Great Balls of Fire! was released that Quaid... went to rehab."
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