An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I started out in the theater, and my background is classical. I'd love to be in a film version of a Shakespeare… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I can't get into talking about why another actor left. It has nothing to do with me. — 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
Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
When you're doing 22 shows on network television, the writers are going on vapors towards the end and, as an actor, you're… — 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… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
As an actor and as a performer, I've felt that the education system has really helped me in a lot of ways...… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with… — 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… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I think for most actors, there is a tremendous need to give back to the community at large and for me, giving… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and… — 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
