That 'who's the sexiest' business is a crock that the media cooked up to sell magazines, so while I say thank you… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
There's show business, and the business is sometimes in capital letters. You just have to give it your best shot when up… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
At 19, I had a family. I'm from Brooklyn, that's not Manhattan. All the people I know are not connected with the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York, we lived all around the city depending on our economic circumstance. I also lived in Puerto Rico for a… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
What struck me more than anything is how the people that are involved in government start out from a place of really wanting to… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know I was… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
It just makes you feel proud, more than anything else, that the work has in some way transcended itself. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The most obvious thing that comes to mind is the loss of one's privacy. Your life becomes an open book, but I've found ways… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
Michael C. Hall is an incredibly detailed actor who can convey so much with just an eyebrow. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
You have to be like a sponge and use what you can and how it relates because TV is fluid. Things change on a… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
