Jimmy Smits Quotes
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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 never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.
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Doing a truncated series is like doing a long movie, which allows for a certain artistic freedom. After just 12 episodes, you can take a breather and do other things for your career.
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I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the character. I didn't walk off the show with a three-picture deal to pursue this wonderful film career.
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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.
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I work out, but I'm not doing it specifically because I show my butt on TV.
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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.
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Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
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I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.
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I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know I was piercing my ear when I did 'L.A. Law.'
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I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.
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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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That 'who's the sexiest' business is a crock that the media cooked up to sell magazines, so while I say thank you very much, I don't put much stock in it.
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In my college years, I worked as a union labor organizer. I was just one of the many workers trying to do my part to help the community.
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Of course you draw from yourself, but the artistic nourishment you want to get is be versatile, do something different, and I think I got a chance to do that in a lot of different ways.
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It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.
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For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.
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I don't want to have the bounds put on me in terms of mediums.
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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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The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.
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I'm socially awkward in life, and that's one of the reasons why I do what I do. I'm more about interpreting other people's words.
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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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As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.
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All my Latino side is from the Bronx.