“I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a dr...” — Jimmy Smits Quote

“I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to see plays in New York, and it was seeing James Earl Jones and Raul Julia - I mean, this guy comes from the place my mother comes from. He's doing Shakespeare right now, and it doesn't seem to matter that he has an accent.”

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

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

“We just need more complex, important roles that tell our experiences as an immigrant; as someone with an accent, but also American; but also someone who's second or third-generation American, born and raised here who actually don't speak any language other than English.”

“I have a funny accent in every language.”

“A master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.”