It just makes you feel proud, more than anything else, that the work has in some way transcended itself. — 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
When I grew up, we went to Coney Island and Central Park. We'd find our way to the water and watch the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?' — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I'm always sitting down and talking to people that are doing independent features. It depends on the project and the quotient of… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I am very Latino in everything I am and I do, but there's a part of me that's also something else. I'm… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I've been lucky because I've had wonderful teachers along the way who have nurtured and pushed me to the next level. — 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
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