Top 30 Smits Quotes
#1. Well, when I came to Hollywood, there were three names really of Latin actors, three or four names, maybe five. There was Raul Julia, Edward James Olmos, Andy Garcia, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Smits. Now there's a lot.
Benicio Del Toro
#2. Oh, here comes Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and Jimmy Smits!
Roger Ebert
#3. Orangutan babies are like human babies: helpless.
Willie Smits
#4. There is not love of life without despair about life.
Albert Camus
#5. When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system.
Jimmy Smits
#6. There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.
Jimmy Smits
#7. Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
Jimmy Smits
#8. Pelvic organ prolapse is seldom life threatening, but it is always life altering.
Sherrie J. Palm
#9. I must stress, basically, the very fact that we do have orangutan rehabilitation means that we have failed to do what is really important, and that is rescue the wild orangutan in its habitat.
Willie Smits
#10. If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?
Jimmy Smits
#12. I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.
Isaac Newton
#13. If you choose to become a smoker, you are an idiot, and you may lack the discipline and intelligence to be a successful entrepreneur.
Gene Simmons
#14. I want a little girl with your smile and your smarts. I want Christmases and birthdays and a chocolate Lab who wears an American flag bandana that you name after a political philosopher or something. We can even include him in the family campaign photos.
Chanel Cleeton
#15. 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.
Jimmy Smits
#16. For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting.
Jimmy Smits
#18. I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much.
Jimmy Smits
#19. There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!
Jimmy Smits
#20. 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.
Jimmy Smits
#21. We can say the word "metaphysical," meaning that which exists outside of the physical, but we cannot comprehend the metaphysical.
Gerald Schroeder
#22. I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me.
Jimmy Smits
#23. I think most people realize that Barbara and Jenna are college kids, and to make such a big deal out of it is a bit ridiculous. At least now, the press has stopped.
Lauren Bush
#24. You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.
Jimmy Smits
#25. I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it, because I would like to be able to join in fully. Not that I am a believer, but I would like to be.
Anita Brookner
#26. I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.
Jimmy Smits
#27. I like the gypsy aspect of this business.
Jimmy Smits
#28. I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.
Jimmy Smits
#29. You have to be like a sponge and use what you can and how it relates because TV is fluid. Things change on a week-to-week basis. Those are the things that I do with every character. If I'm involved in a boxing movie, I go see fights and learn about boxing. It's part of what we do.
Jimmy Smits
#30. I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
Jimmy Smits
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