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Although he was born and raised around Houston, Randy Quaid isn’t often mentioned in the pantheon of beloved Texas stars. That’s no reflection on his work: Quaid long ago cemented his Texan bona fides with movies like
The Last Picture Show and
LBJ: The Early Years and his cuddly comedic roles in
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,
Kingpin, and
Independence Day have immortalized him among generations weaned on basic cable. Yet Quaid doesn’t invoke the same local pride as, say, his brother Dennis, largely because he no longer feels connected to our state or indeed, to this astral plane.