Jimmy Smits Quotes
At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
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C Kalyan has been amazing and totally committed as a producer.
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For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.
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I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.
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Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
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There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun.
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When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.
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My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
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The Obama administration, like those before it, promotes a disturbingly narrow interpretation of the Fourth Amendment, misapplying the facts of old analog cases to a radically different digital world.
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I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.
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When people say 'Charlie Chaplin' I still think now of the guy in the moustache and bowler hat and funny walk - I don't think of an old man who was my grandfather.
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I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.
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The flack I got for 'Saw' is why I wanted to direct 'Insidious 2.'
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I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay.
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The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
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When I was younger, I liked writing stories and watching younger actors on TV.
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It's a sense in Minnesota that we need to get back to common sense. We need to get back to taking sensible looks at positions and understanding the proper role of government.
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At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.
