Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Education is a vacine for violence.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history.

Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.