Jack Quaid agrees that he's a nepo baby
Jack Quaid, the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, agrees that he's a nepo baby. 'The Boys' star says he knows that he's 'immensely privileged.' https://t.co/8Y5lvkh69T
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) July 11, 2024
Jack Quaid totally gets the whole nepo baby thing.
The son of actors Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan acknowledged in a new interview that people have called him a nepo baby.
"I'm inclined to agree. I am an immensely privileged person, was able to get representation pretty early on, and that's more than half the battle. I knew the door was open for me in a lot of ways that it's just not for a lot of actors. And I've just tried to work as hard as I possibly can to prove that I deserve to walk through that door. So if that's in the rom-com space, it's got to be different enough, and I need to work my ass off."
Quaid was asked about what he thought when Meg Ryan defended him against the label.
"My first thought was like, she's being a mom. She's being a loving mom. But I don't think she's trying to say that I'm not a nepo baby. I think she's just trying to say that, in her opinion, it undermines my talent. I don't think it undermines my talent. I know that I work hard, and I know I've heard 'no' way more than I've heard 'yes.' But I also know that this industry is insanely hard to break into, and I had an easier time doing that than most. Both things can be true. So no, I don't think she was trying to say that I'm not a privileged person. She knows. She must know. I think she was being a mom."
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