Jimmy Smits Quotes

I Never Thought Television Would Or Could Be A Long-term Commitment.

There Are A Lot Of Doors That Still Get Shut, And There Are A Lot Of Walls To Still Breach. But, The Stuff That Does Come Across To Me, Or That I Hear About Or Read About, That I'm Willing To Go Out There And Fight For, I Still Have To Go Audition. I Do Have A Certain Leeway To Choose, From That Group, What I Want To Say, As An Artist.

I'm Always Sitting Down And Talking To People That Are Doing Independent Features. It Depends On The Project And The Quotient Of The People That Are Involved. There Are A Lot Of Different Reasons [to Do Something], Like A Particular Script That Resonates With Me, In A Particular Way. It May Not So Much Even Be About The Part, But What The Script Has To Say.

It's Great To Be Able To Play The Bad Guy Role Because You Always Get A Lot To Do, But I'm Always Looking At The Why. How Does A Person Get To That Particular Point? It's Those Little Cogs In The Wheel That Make It Interesting For Me To Play. Ultimately, I Hope For The Audience To Be Engaged With It Because It Is Going To Take A Turn.

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 So Important To Offer A Helping Hand To The Next Generation Of Young Latinos Coming Up Behind Me.

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?

There's Something So Familial And Intimate Between A Boxer And His Trainer.

I'm An Actor. I Love To Act. That's My Job. I'll Leave The Politicking To Others.

What Struck Me More Than Anything Is How The People That Are Involved In Government Start Out From A Place Of Really Wanting To Do Well, No Matter What Kind Of Political Spectrum They're On, How They Have To Hold Onto That Warm Fuzzy Place In Their Heart While They're Stuck In The Machine.

Celebrity Hits Like A Bomb. So You Have To Find What Makes You Stable In The Storm. Then, No Matter What's Happening Around You, No Matter What The Hype Or The Publicity, You Can Still Manage To Make Leaps In Your Work As An Artist.

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 Help The Community.