“You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertai...” — Jimmy Smits Quote

“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.”

“I started out in the theater, and my background is classical. I'd love to be in a film version of a Shakespeare play.”

“Nude scenes aren't fun.”

“I love taking chances.”

“Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.”

“Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.”