--- title: "Best Jimmy Smits Quotations" description: "Jimmy Smits is an American actor known for playing Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law, Detective Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on The West Wing, and ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-smits-50005.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-smits-50005.jpg) # Jimmy Smits (1955) Actor United States **134** quotes in **471** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jimmy Smits is an actor from the United States, best known for *America's untold story*. ## Quick Facts About Jimmy Smits Born July 9, 1955 Nationality United States Profession Actor Notable works America's untold story ## About Jimmy Smits Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor whose career includes many television and film roles. He is especially remembered for playing Attorney Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on The West Wing, and Bail Organa in the Star Wars movies. He also appeared as ADA Miguel Prado in Dexter, Nero Padilla in Sons of Anarchy, and Elijah Strait in Bluff City Law. His film work includes Switch (1991), My Family (1995), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) and In the Heights (2021). ## Awards & Honors Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television star on Hollywood Walk of Fame ## Quotes by Jimmy Smits · Page 4 > [You have to be like a sponge and use what you can and how it relates because TV is fluid. Things change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/you-have-to-be-like-a-sponge-and-use-what-you-can-and-how-it-relates/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jimmy-smits-3297_bases_you-have-to-be-like-a-sponge-and-use-wha_250925.jpg) > [I'm always sitting down and talking to people that are doing independent features. It depends on the project and the quotient of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-m-always-sitting-down-and-talking-to-people-that-are-doing/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/jimmy-smits-3297_depends_i-m-always-sitting-down-and-talking-to-p_1759467.jpg) > [I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-am-a-firm-believer-in-education-and-have-worked-very-hard-to-tell-2/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Believer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/jimmy-smits-3297_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-education-and-ha_2081194.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-am-very-latino-in-everything-i-am-and-i-do-but-there-s-a-part-of-me/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/jimmy-smits-3297_country_i-am-very-latino-in-everything-i-am-and_2702553.jpg) > [My central strength as an actor is the fact that I'm 6 foot 3. A certain power emanates from my size, juxtaposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/my-central-strength-as-an-actor-is-the-fact-that-i-m-6-foot-3-a/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/jimmy-smits-3297_character_my-central-strength-as-an-actor-is-the-f_1813611.jpg) > [I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-am-a-firm-believer-in-education-and-have-worked-very-hard-to-tell/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/jimmy-smits-3297_art_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-education-and-ha_623809.jpg) > [I wasn't a great student, but I was interested in this theater thing, and I could spend hours in the library researching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-wasn-t-a-great-student-but-i-was-interested-in-this-theater-thing/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/jimmy-smits-3297_could_i-wasn-t-a-great-student-but-i-was-inter_2217790.jpg) > [I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-had-opportunities-to-stay-on-shows-for-long-periods-of-time-and/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/jimmy-smits-3297_doing-things_i-had-opportunities-to-stay-on-shows-for_463082.jpg) > [You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/you-have-to-find-what-makes-you-stable-in-the-storm-then-no-matter/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/jimmy-smits-3297_art_you-have-to-find-what-makes-you-stable-i_1107122.jpg) > [Of course you draw from yourself, but the artistic nourishment you want to get is be versatile, do something different, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/of-course-you-draw-from-yourself-but-the-artistic-nourishment-you/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/jimmy-smits-3297_art_of-course-you-draw-from-yourself-but-the_913581.jpg) > [The most obvious thing that comes to mind is the loss of one's privacy. Your life becomes an open book, but I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/the-most-obvious-thing-that-comes-to-mind-is-the-loss-of-one-s/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jimmy-smits-3297_books_the-most-obvious-thing-that-comes-to-min_174910.jpg) > [I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-know-it-affected-me-when-i-saw-certain-actors-growing-up-i-had-a/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/jimmy-smits-3297_actors_i-know-it-affected-me-when-i-saw-certain_2573185.jpg) > [I think education was the key for me, and that's what I tell kids. That base in the classics gave me something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-think-education-was-the-key-for-me-and-that-s-what-i-tell-kids-that/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Blues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blues/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/jimmy-smits-3297_blues_i-think-education-was-the-key-for-me-and_3097353.jpg) > [It would depend, as it does with my rear, on the situation, the character and the dynamics of the scene. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/it-would-depend-as-it-does-with-my-rear-on-the-situation-the/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/jimmy-smits-3297_quote_it-would-depend-as-it-does-with-my-rear_1403472.jpg) ## Jimmy Smits by topic [Theatre (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/jimmy-smits/) [Actor (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/jimmy-smits/) [Television (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/jimmy-smits/) [Work (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work/jimmy-smits/) [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/jimmy-smits/) [Life (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/jimmy-smits/) [Latino (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/latino/jimmy-smits/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/#itemlist", "name": "Jimmy Smits Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to be like a sponge and use what you can and how it relates because TV is fluid. 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