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State lawmakers are considering a bill this week that could turn Texas into a film making Mecca. We spoke with actor Dennis Quaid about his push to bring Hollywood to Houston.
"I’ve done some really great movies in Texas, going back to Rookie and The Alamo…after the incentive went away, and it became sort of a business unfriendly atmosphere, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and Georgia started taking our business," Quaid says.
Several superstars from Texas are coming together in favor of the bill that would increase incentives for filmmakers who make movies here in Texas.
"Texas used to have a great incentive program that brought hundreds of great movies and shows…" Quaid says in a PSA about the issue and Billy Bob Thornton adds "and thousands of jobs to hard-working folks." Then Woody Harrelson finishes the sentence "…and hundreds of millions of dollars to the Lone Star State."