Jimmy Smits Quotes

• 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

  Unique, Voice, Hands

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Artist, Hype, Storm

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• Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft and I am a pretty happy camper.

  Jimmy Smits

  Giving, Roles, Crafts

  "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 8, 2011.

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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.

  Jimmy Smits

  Motivational Sports, Games, Chess Game

  "Interview with a dedicated Chess Parent in South Africa, Pearl Kander-Moodley". "Africa Chess Net" Interview, africachess.net. April 12, 2015.

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• 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

  Jobs, Giving Up, Practice

  Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 08, 2011.

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• 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

  Education, College, Degrees

  "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 8, 2011.

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• People don't walk around thinking of themselves as bad people. You're part of the environment that you grow up in, and there can be decency in that. I always try to find a little glimmer of that, in anything that I do, because you can find places where there's humor or lightness in something that's deep and profound, and that tends to resonate more and make people more human. As an actor and performer, I think it resonates more with the audience when you do have the payoff.

  Jimmy Smits

  Growing Up, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• 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

  Character, Fighting, Boxing

  Source: collider.com

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• There are a lot of doors that still get shut, and there are a lot of walls to still breach. But, the stuff that does come across to me, or that I hear about or read about, that I'm willing to go out there and fight for, I still have to go audition. I do have a certain leeway to choose, from that group, what I want to say, as an artist.

  Jimmy Smits

  Wall, Fighting, Artist

  Source: collider.com

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• I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.

  Jimmy Smits

  Commitment, Long, Television

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Celebrity hits like a bomb. So you have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening around you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.

  Jimmy Smits

  Bombs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Jimmy Smits

  College, Years, Community

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What struck me more than anything is how the people that are involved in government start out from a place of really wanting to do well, no matter what kind of political spectrum they're on, how they have to hold onto that warm fuzzy place in their heart while they're stuck in the machine.

  Jimmy Smits

  Heart, People, Political

  "The Definitive History Of The West Wing: Part 4. The Midterms". www.empireonline.com.

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• There's something so familial and intimate between a boxer and his trainer.

  Jimmy Smits

  Boxers, Intimate, Trainers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?

  Jimmy Smits

  Glasses, Live Your Life, Industry

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.

  Jimmy Smits

  Jobs, Actors

  "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 08, 2011.

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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? It's those little cogs in the wheel that make it interesting for me to play. Ultimately, I hope for the audience to be engaged with it because it is going to take a turn.

  Jimmy Smits

  Play, Interesting, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm always sitting down and talking to people that are doing independent features. It depends on the project and the quotient of the people that are involved. There are a lot of different reasons [to do something], like a particular script that resonates with me, in a particular way. It may not so much even be about the part, but what the script has to say.

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  Independent, Talking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• 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

  Running, Hands, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Missing You, New York, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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