Jimmy Smits Quotes

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• I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is…
• I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if…
• I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much.
• If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?
• In my college years, I worked as a union labor organizer. I was just one of the many workers trying to do my part to…
• Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
• You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the…
• Celebrity hits like a bomb.
• I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.
• I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.
• There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.
• For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique…
• There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always…
• It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be…
• I like the gypsy aspect of this business.
• When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To…
• I'm just happy that in the whole framework of art imitates life, or maybe life should be imitating art, there is this kind of move…
• I think for most actors, there is a tremendous need to give back to the community at large and for me, giving back to my…
• Change is very hard to effect. In America particularly, change only comes out of money. People don't wake up and say, 'Our country embraces so…
• 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 to…

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