Speakeasy: Dennis Quaid says no excuses for Leno’s bad act

He’s a professional, that’s supposed to be his job, you can’t make excuses for him.”

– Actor Dennis Quaid at the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair afterparty Saturday night. Quaid was responding to a partygoer who attributed Jay Leno’s poor performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner to the pressures of following the president. Leno recycled old jokes while the president had the “Daily Show” writers help craft his fresh speech.

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