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
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
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
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
If you’re afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry? – Jimmy Smits
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
I started out in the theater, and my background is classical. I’d love to be in a film version of a Shakespeare play. – Jimmy Smits
If you’re given gifts or blessings in your life, it’s up to you to help the guy coming up behind you. – Jimmy Smits
I’m socially awkward in life, and that’s one of the reasons why I do what I do. I’m more about interpreting other people’s words. – Jimmy Smits
My life hasn’t changed that much. Sure, people recognize me, and airports can get tough, but the people who stop me tend to be real nice. – Jimmy Smits
