Jimmy Smits Quotes
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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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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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I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.
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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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There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.
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I wasn't a great student, but I was interested in this theater thing, and I could spend hours in the library researching why the cuffs in the 18th century had four buttons. It was my handle.
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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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What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.
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Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
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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'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.
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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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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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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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All my Latino side is from the Bronx.
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I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.
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As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.
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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 want to have the bounds put on me in terms of mediums.
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For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.
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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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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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I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.
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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.