Jimmy Smits Quotes

As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Powerful
  • Media

• I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Think
  • Grow

• Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.

  

  Larry Brown
  • School
  • Kids
  • Worship

• I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

  

  Pat Burns
  • Life
  • End
  • My Life

• As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

  

  T. V. Carpio
  • Up
  • Trying
  • New

• A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

  

  Naomi Judd
  • Good
  • End
  • Street

• I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Love
  • Science
  • Reading

• I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.

  

  Katharine Cornell
  • Amazing
  • Woman
  • Performances

• I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Way
  • Never
  • Air

• I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Never
  • Underestimate

• I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • People
  • World
  • Respect

• I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!

  

  Garrett Clayton
  • Growing
  • Mom
  • Horror

• I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.

  

  Nathan Fielder
  • Character
  • Reading
  • Moment

• Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • May
  • Purpose

• A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• All I ever wanted to do is make music.

  

  Caleb Johnson
  • Music
  • Wanted
  • Ever

• To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Men
  • Women
  • Truth

• I'm interested in just about anything that's right for my voice, and that's a good fit for my personality in the part as well. 'Evita' has always been a dream part for me, but it's really, really high to sing. I'd love to do Elphaba - heck, I'd even do Glinda. For me, I'd do anything to get into 'Wicked!'

  

  Lea Salonga
  • Good
  • High
  • Dream

• You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

  

  Kim Basinger
  • Business

• You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a lovely sentence, or you finally got to some moment you wanted, then that's worth it. Then you can close your computer and get a little relief.

  

  Andrew Sean Greer
  • Done
  • Beautiful

• Mexico has experimented with political change since the late 1980s.

  

  Enrique Pena Nieto
  • Political

• As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

  

  Jimmy Smits
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