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Jimmy Smits
American
Actor
Born:
Jul 9
,
1955
About
Actor
Me
People
Work
You
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I think education was the key for me, and that's what I tell kids. That base in the classics gave me something to springboard from, which I wouldn't have had if I'd come out to Los Angeles early and been guest punk of the week on 'Hill Street Blues.'
Jimmy Smits
Education
Me
Key
Punk
Think
Gave
Guest
Kids
Out
Tell
Angeles
Classics
Something
Week
Had
Come
Hill
Los
Springboard
Los Angeles
Been
Blues
Which
Base
Street
Early
I am very Latino in everything I am and I do, but there's a part of me that's also something else. I'm reflective of the way this country's gonna be in the next 40 years. More multicultural is what we'll see.
Jimmy Smits
Me
Country
Else
Everything
Way
Latino
See
Something
Something Else
More
Part
Also
Am
Years
Very
Reflective
Gonna
Next
Multicultural
I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.
Jimmy Smits
Suits
Nice
Those
Wear
Bounce
Because
Courtroom
Sneakers
Wanted
Victor
Used
It's a lot of a workload doing an hour dramatic show. It's just incredible what little time off you get.
Jimmy Smits
Time
You
Incredible
Dramatic
Hour
Doing
Lot
Off
Get
Just
Little
Show
Little Time
I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.
Jimmy Smits
Best
TV
TV Show
Another
Leave
Going
Show
Shows
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.
Jimmy Smits
Character
Out
Know
Also
Audience
Lot
Very
Just
Procedural
Wants
Them
Successful
Shows
There's show business, and the business is sometimes in capital letters. You just have to give it your best shot when up at bat.
Jimmy Smits
Best
You
Business
Sometimes
Bat
Give
Up
Just
Capital
Shot
Your
Show
Show Business
Letters
I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.
Jimmy Smits
Feel
How
Doing
Acknowledge
Award
What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.
Jimmy Smits
Great
Gauge
Else
Bruce
George
George Clooney
Clooney
Anyone
Happens
Career
My career aspirations as an actor have always been driven foremost by the creative desire to be versatile.
Jimmy Smits
Creative
Driven
Always
Been
Versatile
Foremost
Aspirations
Actor
Career
Desire
I have and will continue to vigorously pursue opportunities in all mediums.
Jimmy Smits
Opportunities
Will
Mediums
Pursue
Continue
I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.
Jimmy Smits
Analytical
Head
Stuff
Real
Very
Thing
For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.
Jimmy Smits
Me
Bottom
Bottom Line
Line
Page
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.
Jimmy Smits
Great
Ease
Out
Characters
About
More
Only
Writers
Cable
Since
Great Thing
Terms
Trajectory
Story
Working
Shows
Mapping
Season
Thing
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.
Jimmy Smits
Freedom
You
Long
Other
Take
Like
Doing
Artistic
Just
Movie
After
Which
Certain
Episodes
Your
Series
Things
Career
My central strength as an actor is the fact that I'm 6 foot 3. A certain power emanates from my size, juxtaposed with the fact that I try to find an element of sensitivity in every character I play. People enjoy seeing that because it goes against what we're led to expect as far as the way men are supposed to be - macho and all that.
Jimmy Smits
Strength
Character
People
Try
Men
Power
Enjoy
Every
Way
Macho
Find
Seeing
Fact
Foot
Supposed
Because
Led
Expect
Goes
Size
As Far As
Central
Against
Sensitivity
Far
Certain
Element
Actor
Play
People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with being an actor in the public eye, but I haven't found a comfortable way to deal with it.
Jimmy Smits
Myself
People
Hide
Responsibility
Become
Way
Eye
Easy
About
Talk
Accept
Comfortable
Because
Deal
Goes
Being
Want
Public
Public Eye
Certain
Found
Actor
I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that automatically means you have an accent.
Jimmy Smits
Character
You
People
Latino
Out
Arguing
Over
Accent
Because
Been
Just
Just Because
Automatically
Rooms
Really
Means
I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.
Jimmy Smits
Enough
Latino
Been
Which
Code
Street
I have carried the burden of being a role model for some time. And that's great. The body of work I've done has afforded me that opportunity.
Jimmy Smits
Work
Time
Great
Me
Opportunity
Burden
Carried
Some
Model
Role
Role Model
Afforded
Done
Being
Body
Latino people have come up to me and said they were motivated to become a lawyer because they saw me play one on TV - and you can't discount how great it is when they tell me I was the first.
Jimmy Smits
Great
Me
You
People
Lawyer
First
Become
Saw
Latino
Tell
TV
Come
Because
Said
How
Discount
Motivated
Were
Up
Play
There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.
Jimmy Smits
Positive
Life
Enough
Latino
Just
Film
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.
Jimmy Smits
Character
Wonderful
Law
Walk
Pursue
Could
Had
Because
Felt
Deal
Years
Off
Contract
Left
Up
Five
Done
After
Show
Film
Career
I work out, but I'm not doing it specifically because I show my butt on TV.
Jimmy Smits
Work
Out
TV
Because
Doing
Work Out
Show
Specifically
Butt
As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.
Jimmy Smits
Work
Good
You
Yourself
Good Work
Think
Way
Impact
Some
Also
Make
Want
Actor
I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'
Jimmy Smits
Myself
Job
Way
Impact
Some
Make
Always
Going
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