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Jimmy Smits Quotes

People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with being an actor in the public eye, but I haven't found a comfortable way to deal with it.

Jimmy Smits

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Myself Responsibility People Eye Way

I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.

John M. Grunsfeld

NASA Privilege Planet Off Member

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Amanda McBroom

Heart Dance Never Afraid Breaking

'TMZ' has the cash to buy off valets and info like flight lists or even the limo list of what celeb is being picked up where and when.

Stephen Rodrick

Flight Up Buy Cash Lists Off

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.

Tom Colicchio

Time Food Quality Think You Comfort

The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or theme. The adult YA readers I know do actually consistently say that they are looking for an easy read, a fun read, an unchallenging read.

Russell Smith

Age Fun Looking Easy New Know

The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.

Mika

Stars Music You Way Never Star

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

Jason Robert Brown

Time Voice Strong Enough You Artist

It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.

Johnny Manziel

Great People Texas You Group Run

I think tax reform is the single most important thing we can do in this country to unleash economic energy. It's going to unleash growth.

Dennis Muilenburg

Growth Energy Think Country Tax

I am not defined as a black writer in the Caribbean, but as soon as I go to America or the U.K., my place becomes black theatre. It's a little ridiculous.

Derek Walcott

I Am Theatre Black America Place Go

As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro.

Deborah Harkness

Love History Window Detail Soup Go

My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.

Chloe Sevigny

Money Job House Know Milk My Own