<\/p>\n
After starring in several back-to-back projects over the past six months, Jack Quaid has been eager to finally settle in for a bit. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing that I get to do this job, but I do find myself missing home a lot,\u201d Quaid says from his Los Angeles apartment, which he shares with his girlfriend and \u201cThe Boys\u201d co-star Claudia Doumit. \u201cSo it will be nice to really connect with the people I grew up with and the place I\u2019m from.\u201d <\/p>\n
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.<\/p>\n Quaid kicked off his jam-packed year with the sci-fi thriller \u201cCompanion<\/a>,\u201d and a couple of months later, he transformed into a superhero who feels no pain in \u201cNovocaine<\/a>.\u201d Shortly after, he co-starred in a crime thriller called \u201cNeighborhood Watch,<\/a>\u201d and he traveled across the pond to London to star in \u201cHeads of State<\/a>\u201d with Idris Elba, John Cena, and Priyanka Chopra, which is now streaming on Prime Video. <\/p>\n When we hop on a Zoom call, Quaid has recently returned to L.A. after shooting the fifth and final season of \u201cThe Boys,\u201d Prime Video\u2019s superhero dramedy. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve really grown up on that show,\u201d says Quaid, who dedicated an Instagram post to \u201cThe Boys\u201d with a collection of bloody selfies<\/a>. \u201cI worked a bit before, but that show was really like actor boot camp.\u201d <\/p>\n Quaid talked about his perfect Sunday in L.A., which involves taking a \u201cgiant walk\u201d to visit all of his favorite spots, including a comic book store, coffee shop and a classic diner. If it were up to him, the action star would break the laws of physics and be in more than one place at a time. For now, sadly, that only works in superhero movies.<\/p>\n This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n 7:30 a.m.: Coffee, records and backgammon<\/b><\/p>\n Claudia or I will usually make coffee. We kind of have a whole morning routine. Not to sound too douchey, but I\u2019m never really here or at least I haven\u2019t been in the past year, so every time I\u2019m home, I just want to take it in. The one constant every day is that we wake up, have coffee and put a record on. It\u2019s usually \u201cPink Moon\u201d by Nick Drake or \u201cSuper Sad Generation\u201d by Arlo Parks. Sometimes it\u2019s Marty Robbins\u2019 \u201cGunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs,\u201d which is a good one. Just stuff that starts the day off in kind of a chill way.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll go out onto our balcony, have our coffee and play backgammon. Backgammon is something I learned on the set of \u201cThe Boys.\u201d It\u2019s just such a fun game that keeps your mind active. You\u2019re not on your phone and it\u2019s nice to play with someone that you love, obviously. <\/p>\n 10 a.m.: Fill up my tote bag with new comics <\/b><\/p>\n I usually go for a giant walk. L.A. is not a walkable city, but I\u2019m trying to make it one. I love my local businesses and coffee shops, and I try to be a regular whenever I can. I typically will walk to my favorite comic book shop in L.A. called Golden Apple<\/b><\/a>. I started going there to get all the issues of \u201cThe Boys\u201d to research the comic. I was really into comics when I was younger, and then recently, I\u2019ve gotten very into comics. My specification is that it can\u2019t be about superheroes. No disrespect to those comics, but I\u2019m in that world a lot.<\/p>\n I really started getting into this writer named James Tynion IV. I stared reading \u201cSomething Is Killing the Children\u201d and I got obsessed with it, and that kind of spawned this new comic renaissance for me. I just go to the shop, I talk to the guy who works at the store and he recommends new books to me and I just love that. <\/p>\n 11 a.m.: Feel nostalgic at my favorite diner <\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019d probably walk all the way to Swingers Diner<\/b><\/a> and meet up with a friend. I used to go there with my sketch comedy group \u2014 we would write there a lot. Everyone who works there is amazing and that place is legendary. I grew up in Santa Monica and I used to go to that location which used to have purple cows on the walls. I think that closed, which is unfortunate. Back then, I\u2019d be doing a school play and that\u2019s where everybody would go after a performance. <\/p>\n Typically, I get the protein breakfast with quinoa, egg whites and chicken. Very boring. But on my ideal Sunday, I\u2019d get something involving bananas, pancakes and peanut butter. I\u2019d want to sit and eat on the [patio] area. If it has a little bit of tree shade, I\u2019m in. <\/p>\n 1:30 p.m.: Coffee break <\/b><\/p>\n Then I would go to Coffee for Sasquatch<\/b><\/a>, which is amazing. My sketch comedy group is called Sasquatch so I feel like I have to go in there. Since it\u2019s my ideal Sunday, I\u2019ll kind of eschew any dietary restrictions. Usually I have black coffee, but I\u2019d get their frozen blended coffee with almond milk, which is basically a milkshake. I can\u2019t remember the name, but It\u2019s so good and it gets you that caffeine buzz. I\u2019d probably have my headphones on, listening to music and reading comics.<\/p>\n 4 p.m.: Video games and virtual photography <\/b><\/p>\n I think that 4 p.m. is my least favorite time of day. It\u2019s not quite settling down in the evening. The sun is still high in the sky. There\u2019s something about it that I just don\u2019t like, so I\u2019d probably want to go home. My internal clock wherever I am just knows it\u2019s 4 p.m. and I get a little sad. <\/p>\n I\u2019ve gotten really into virtual photography. A lot of games have a photo mode where you can pause the game and put a digital camera anywhere in the 3D space. There\u2019s like lenses and filters, and it\u2019s kind of inspired me to do photography in the real world if I can. It\u2019s really calming so I think I would need that around 4 p.m. <\/p>\n 5 p.m.: Run down Sunset Boulevard <\/b><\/p>\n 5 p.m. is fine because the sun is starting to set and that\u2019s cool. I\u2019d probably go for like a giant jog. I\u2019d basically go to where Book Soup<\/b><\/a> is and then head back. Some of it\u2019s on Sunset Boulevard, which is kind of overwhelming but it\u2019s nice to see the new billboards in town. I\u2019d jog by the Comedy Store<\/b><\/a> and the Laugh Factory<\/b><\/a>. I\u2019m an anxious person and jogging is good for anxiety. <\/p>\n 7 p.m.: Mexican food with friends <\/b><\/p>\n At 7 p.m., I\u2019d assemble the biggest group of people I know who are in town, including my group of high school friends and their partners, to go to a classic Mexican restaurant. My favorite thing to do in L.A. is to eat authentic Mexican food. L.A. is better with these places here. It\u2019s just what makes L.A. L.A. to me. So I\u2019d go to any restaurant with \u201cEl\u201d in the title. The three big \u201cEl\u2019s\u201d to me are El Compadre<\/b><\/a>, El Coyote<\/b><\/a> and El Carmen<\/b><\/a>. They\u2019re all delicious and they have so much history to them, which I love. I was literally at El Coyote last night. I always order a combo of shrimp and chicken fajitas, and I\u2019d get a spicy margarita or three of them. I\u2019m a giant spice fan. <\/p>\n 9 p.m.: Watch \u201cJaws\u201d in a cemetery <\/b><\/p>\n My favorite thing to do in L.A., period, and I\u2019ve been doing it since high school, is to go to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery<\/b><\/a> to watch a movie. There\u2019s this company called Cinespia<\/b><\/a> that does screenings of classic movies. I say it\u2019s in a cemetery and people go, \u201cWhy are you doing that?\u201d But it\u2019s on this big grassy field and \u2014 at least they say \u2014 you\u2019re not on top of dead bodies. People bring a blanket, wine, snacks and everyone just watches a movie.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s say we want to go see a movie that\u2019s currently in theaters. In the fantasy of my perfect Sunday, the ArcLight<\/b><\/a> is back. That was a big pandemic loss for me because that was my favorite movie theater I think I\u2019d ever been to. When you came out of the theater, you\u2019d talk about it with everyone. I loved the employees doing the intro of the movie. I\u2019d love to manifest another dream. ArcLight was the best place to be a moviegoer, so I want to have a hand in creating something like that in L.A. again. <\/p>\n 12 a.m.: Canter\u2019s and cartoons before bed <\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019d probably go home and fall asleep to \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d or \u201cFuturama.\u201d That\u2019s usually the way that Claudia and I go down. But if I\u2019m still hungry, I\u2019d order take out from Canter\u2019s Deli<\/b><\/a> cause I\u2019ve had three margaritas and that\u2019s the best place to have some good greasy, classic L.A. diner food. I\u2019d get a turkey Reuben with some thick french fries. Then I\u2019d like to go to bed late on my perfect Sunday like around 1 a.m. I\u2019d like to relish in that as long as I can. <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n