Jimmy Smits Quotes
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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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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The pros really like all the new people playing poker because they love the dead money; but when the money wins they don't like that very much at all.
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Most of my short stories are fantasy.
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Because work takes up a lot of time, you have to choose your moments for really letting rip. I hang out with my friends and my family and I spend time with my kids when I'm not working. They don't see my being an actor as exotic. For them, it's just an everyday thing. Sometimes it's amusing to them and other times, embarrassing.
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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.
