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Without passports, actor Quaid and wife grounded

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo shows, actor Randy Quaid, left, and his wife Evgenia outside their lawyer's office in Vancouver. Quaid and his wife sued John Kerry and the State Department on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, to recover passports that the government revoked three years ago. The actor said the revocation involved an issue over "an insurance policy that we did not take out," but declined to discuss it further. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward, File)
FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo shows, actor Randy Quaid, left, and his wife Evgenia outside their lawyer's office in Vancouver. Quaid and his wife sued John Kerry and the State Department on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, to recover passports that the government revoked three years ago. The actor said the revocation involved an issue over "an insurance policy that we did not take out," but declined to discuss it further. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) – Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evgenia are suing John Kerry and the State Department to recover passports that the government revoked three years ago.

The State Department said it takes U.S. passports for reasons including issuance of a felony arrest warrant, fraud, failure to pay child support or a criminal court order barring departure from the country.

Randy Quaid said the revocation involved an issue over “an insurance policy that we did not take out,” but declined to discuss it further.

“We can’t go anywhere,” Quaid said.

“Randy can’t take a film job,” said Evgenia Quaid. “He had to turn down the Cannes Film Festival last year. We can’t proceed with our life.”