Jimmy Smits Quotes
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I'm not a policy wonk - I'm somewhere between being undecided and a surrogate.
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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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There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.
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My life hasn't changed that much. Sure, people recognize me, and airports can get tough, but the people who stop me tend to be real nice.
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The great thing about working in cable is that, since the season is truncated - we only do 12 shows - the writers are more at ease in terms of mapping out the trajectory of the story and the characters.
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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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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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I've always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business.
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Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
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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 a lot of a workload doing an hour dramatic show. It's just incredible what little time off you get.
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I can't get into talking about why another actor left. It has nothing to do with me.
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I don't want to have the bounds put on me in terms of mediums.
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All my Latino side is from the Bronx.
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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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I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.
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For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.
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As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.
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Growing up in New York, we lived all around the city depending on our economic circumstance. I also lived in Puerto Rico for a number of years.
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I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.
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Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'
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I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.
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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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I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.