Jimmy Smits Quotes

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Jimmy Smits

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 9, 1955

When I sit down and sign up for something, I vet where the people are coming from.

Jimmy Smits

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

Jimmy Smits

The friendships I made on 'L.A. Law,' with the cast and Steven Bochco and David Kelley were really wonderful.

Jimmy Smits

I started out in the theater, and my background is classical. I'd love to be in a film version of a Shakespeare play.

Jimmy Smits

The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.

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I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.

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It just makes you feel proud, more than anything else, that the work has in some way transcended itself.

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You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertainment, but when you have the chance to provoke thought or advance discussion on a topic, it's just the icing on the cake.

Jimmy Smits

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.

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I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

Jimmy Smits

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Jimmy Smits

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.

Jimmy Smits

I think education was the key for me, and that's what I tell kids. That base in the classics gave me something to springboard from, which I wouldn't have had if I'd come out to Los Angeles early and been guest punk of the week on 'Hill Street Blues.'

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Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'

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I can't get into talking about why another actor left. It has nothing to do with me.

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Nude scenes aren't fun.

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It's a lot of pressure. Some of the cast wants a StairMaster on the set so you can work out like crazy before your naked scene.

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Growing up in New York, we lived all around the city depending on our economic circumstance. I also lived in Puerto Rico for a number of years.

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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

Nurturing a project from the ground floor is something I've been wanting to do.

Jimmy Smits