Jimmy Smits Quotes

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!

Jimmy Smits

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1955

Topics

WorkNever Give UpBusinessJobYou

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

Andrew Cuomo

FatherThinkI ThinkOrientation

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

Mel Brooks

GoodOnlyDirectAnybodyEleven

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

Robert Mapplethorpe

EnergyShortPhotographyMomentsYou

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

Alvin Adams

FailureLittleDiplomacyDifferent

I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

Mats Sundin

GreatThoughtAlwaysCompetitorRay

Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting.

Mike Birbiglia

BeyondFilmExcitingMaking

I've met a ton of new people who have colitis or Crohn's. Talking to them has been probably the most healing thing: to hear other people's attitudes on how they deal with their disease and how they stay positive.

Mike McCready

PositiveHealingPeopleTalkingNew

I make a personal commitment to the direction and success of all the programs in which I invest. I make all major philanthropic decisions myself after taking account of a range of expert opinion.

Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi

SuccessMyselfCommitmentOpinion

There are so many remarkable playwrights working right now, that I see everything I can. Annie Baker is a genius, I'll see anything she writes. The same for Lynn Nottage, Cynthia Hopkins, and Lisa D'Amour. Anything they've got going on, I'll go see.

Lucy Alibar

GeniusI CanGoNowSheSee

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

Lord Byron

ManSleepBelieveYouUselessTell

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in '84.

Colin Firth

FirstThroughFranceItalyMovie

We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today.

Bruce Vento

TodayFocusMedicalBridgeHospital

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