Jimmy Smits Quotes

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Jimmy Smits

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 9, 1955

I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.

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I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.

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What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

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We're at a point right now in our development in this country - setting the immigration issue aside - that you can't ignore the sheer population of us in metropolitan areas all across the country, of how significant Latino-ness is in the United States.

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I don't know... I don't think you can trust any of Kurt's characters. That's how Mr. Sutter operates: nothing is what it seems.

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It's a lot of a workload doing an hour dramatic show. It's just incredible what little time off you get.

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Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies that say something.

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I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.

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What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.

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When you're 27 million strong, no one can tell you that you don't belong or expect you to just move along.

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California has been very good to me in terms of the professional arena.

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I get my jolt of energy in New York. I get mi familia vibe in New York.

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There's a lot of successful procedural shows that are out there. A lot of them are very successful. I just know there's an audience out there that wants character also.

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There's show business, and the business is sometimes in capital letters. You just have to give it your best shot when up at bat.

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With the advent of cable and such, you guys are calling it the golden age of TV in terms of the writing and stuff. But it's like different branches of a big tree that TV has become.

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I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.

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I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

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Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with the most challenging scripts. I don't base it on whether it's a feature film or a TV-movie or cable.

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What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.

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My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile.

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