“Doing a truncated series is like doing a long movie, which allows for ...” — Jimmy Smits Quote

“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.”

“For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.”

“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.”

“I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was not artistic and didn't know how to deal with my emotions.”

“Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all, and history as it clarifies is, in pure fact, an artistic process, a creation in its fullness of the beautiful soul.”

“I celebrate my blackness. I love the artistic vibrancy of the culture I was born to.”