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An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture.

~Jimmy Smits

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We tend to think of World War II and all the atrocities that happened, and people say, 'Never again.' But these things are still happening. The Amnesty International files are big.

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That 'who's the sexiest' business is a crock that the media cooked up to sell magazines, so while I say thank you very much, I don't put much stock in it.

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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.

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I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that automatically means you have an accent.

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I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.

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I was asked to speak at a bar association, because there's an upswing on college applications - in general and for Latinos - because of 'L.A. Law.' I went to a couple of functions, and I just felt an energy: It was, you're doing a good job, but do you realize how important it is?

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How come actors feel like they have to give some kind of personal revelation attached to the project?

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I have carried the burden of being a role model for some time. And that's great. The body of work I've done has afforded me that opportunity.

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Latino people have come up to me and said they were motivated to become a lawyer because they saw me play one on TV - and you can't discount how great it is when they tell me I was the first.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 9th, 1955

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