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Jack Quaid Responds To His Twitter Impersonator

Jack Quaid Responds To His Twitter Impersonator

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The always charming Jack Quaid returns to the YH Studio to fill us in on his super-sophisticated role in Steven Soderbergh's 'Logan Lucky', including his character's quirky tattoos! He also reveals the real reason why he finally decided to join Twitter, plus he tells us what other career he might have pursued if he'd never gotten into acting!

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Young Hollywood

You know who's all the Twitters?

Young Hollywood

Jack Quaid is back in the studio.

Jack Quaid

I'm here again.

Young Hollywood

You're here. Yeah. Good to see you.

Jack Quaid

Oh my God, thanks for having me back. It's weird. I did. I I hope not. Oh my God, I have to stop.

Young Hollywood

I got to say not many men can rock a sleeveless plaid shirt. That's something I You are one of the men who can.

Jack Quaid

It's it's a sleeveless plaid shirt with a vest on top of it.

Young Hollywood

We need computer wheels.

Jack Quaid

I know everything there is to know about computers. Okay. All the Twitters. I know them.

Young Hollywood

You know, you're like unrecognizable.

Jack Quaid

It's I kind of like that. It was really it's really cool. Like I would uh I would just send photos to my friends of me in my outfit and I had all this like fake gunk in my teeth. And see that tattoo right there, right above, right on the shoulder. Yes. It's It's That's dangerous. It's misspelled and that I actually that was actually my idea and they like made it a tattoo. Nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Dangerous. Dangerous. Or Or dangerous, whatever you prefer.

Jack Quaid

Dangerous. Yes, it's European.

Young Hollywood

Very European.

Jack Quaid

That's yeah. That's what I was going for. Sophisticated.

Young Hollywood

Yes. Uh he likes to think that he's sophisticated.

Jack Quaid

Yes, I think so. He knows he knows all the Twitters. He knows all the Twitters.

Young Hollywood

Um if we were to check your Twitters right now, what would be on there?

Jack Quaid

Definitely not all of them. I don't think all of the Twitters. Okay. But uh I got a Twitter because I I think when I first started somebody was like impersonating me on Twitter.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Jack Quaid

Yeah. And I

Young Hollywood

What was the handle?

Jack Quaid

It was like it was just @JackQuaid. I'm @JackQuaid92. Whoever that person is still has my name. Wow. So, I I went on it just to be cuz they were saying some gushy stuff just like as me and it was not okay.

Young Hollywood

Like what kind of I'm so fast. I'm not important enough to have somebody impersonate me.

Jack Quaid

Well, it was like I didn't think I was either. I had just gotten like announced as like I was cast in the Hunger Games and then obviously like that book is so popular, so.

Young Hollywood

Never heard of it. No one's ever heard of it. It's very obscure.

Jack Quaid

All of a sudden I just found out about this guy who was like talking to people I was about to work with. Like he was talking to this actor Dia Wakanie who plays Thresh in the movie. He was like, "Oh man, I loved Fast and Furious 5." And like Dia was like, "Me too." And they had this whole like connection over it to the point where I met him and I was like, "Hey, you know that wasn't me on Twitter, right?" And he's like, "Oh man, I liked that guy. We talked about Fast 5."

Young Hollywood

If you could say anything to fake Jack Quaid right now, what would you say?

Jack Quaid

I would, I'm glad I defeated you. Besides like I I I I got a Twitter now. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

You're verified.

Jack Quaid

With social media. Yeah. Verified. I was just at like a party and somebody told me, "Hey, you're gonna be in the new Steven Soderbergh movie." And I was like, "You're wrong. You think I'm someone else. Goodbye." I was very rude. No, but.

Young Hollywood

You're like, "I'm sorry, I'm not Josh."

Jack Quaid

I'm sorry. I'm not Joshua Jackson. Everyone tells me I look like him and you're correct. And so the next day I called my manager and I'm like, "Hey, there's probably no validity to this, but I was told I might be in the new Soderbergh movie. I didn't even audition. Like what is this?" And he's like, "Okay, we'll check." Then 15 minutes later I got a text being like, "Yeah, yeah, they want you in it and here's the script." And this has never happened to me. Nothing close.

Young Hollywood

What a book.

Jack Quaid

To this has ever happened to me. It will never happen again. I just feel very very very lucky.

Young Hollywood

So what you're saying is Steven Soderbergh, not a true professional. He likes to just True pro. Just goes, "You. Come here kid. You're gonna be in pictures."

Jack Quaid

Well, it happened.

Young Hollywood

You're hilarious and.

Jack Quaid

Thanks.

Young Hollywood

You grew up in the business.

Jack Quaid

I did.

Young Hollywood

You did. But did you consider any other careers before being like, you know what? I'm gonna I'm gonna do the acting thing.

Jack Quaid

I always kind of wanted to do the acting thing. I was just like a big fan of, you know, movies and stuff like that. And then when I would see my parents do what they did, I was like, "Oh, that's proof you can be successful at it." You know what I mean? Like or or you can like make a living doing it. And they were having fun. So that was great. But I I think I considered briefly I considered being like a wildlife photographer. I don't know why. I grew up like watching a lot of like National Geographics. I was like, Really? Just go like, uh, I don't know, take photos of sharks. So, it was either That's probably the reason why I'm not uh dead from a shark attack right now. So I went I went to acting.

Young Hollywood

What made you pivot?

Jack Quaid

I just really liked I really liked acting. You know what I mean? It was the thing that like, oh, I really enjoy this. Like I do.

Young Hollywood

Well, we're so nice to have you back. Nice to have you back.

Jack Quaid

Thanks.

Young Hollywood

We're going to explode here. We're doing it. How are we doing again? Okay. There we go. There we go.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jack Quaid

    The featured talent discussing his career and role.

  • Steven Soderbergh

    Director of 'Logan Lucky,' a film Jack Quaid discusses.

  • Dia Wakanie

    Actor who played Thresh in 'The Hunger Games' and interacted with Jack Quaid's impersonator.

  • Josh Jackson

    Another actor Jack Quaid is sometimes mistaken for.

FAQ

What movie was Jack Quaid promoting?+
Jack Quaid was promoting his role in Steven Soderbergh's film 'Logan Lucky'.
Why did Jack Quaid join Twitter?+
Jack Quaid joined Twitter because someone was impersonating him and posting gushy content as him.
What was Jack Quaid's Twitter handle?+
Jack Quaid's Twitter handle is @JackQuaid92, as the original @JackQuaid was taken by an impersonator.
How did Jack Quaid get cast in 'Logan Lucky'?+
Jack Quaid was cast in 'Logan Lucky' after someone told him about it at a party, and his manager confirmed that Steven Soderbergh wanted him for the role without an audition.
What other career did Jack Quaid consider?+
Jack Quaid briefly considered becoming a wildlife photographer, inspired by watching National Geographic.
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