Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

The friendships I made on 'L.A. Law,' with the cast and Steven Bochco and David Kelley were really wonderful.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertainment, but when you have the chance to provoke thought or advance discussion on a topic, it's just the icing on the cake.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

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.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

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
Jimmy Smits

I can't get into talking about why another actor left. It has nothing to do with me.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

It's a lot of pressure. Some of the cast wants a StairMaster on the set so you can work out like crazy before your naked scene.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

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.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

Nurturing a project from the ground floor is something I've been wanting to do.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

There are some things you have to give up to the higher power.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I don't know... I don't think you can trust any of Kurt's characters. That's how Mr. Sutter operates: nothing is what it seems.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies that say something.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.

Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits

What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.