Quotes by Edward James Olmos

About Edward James Olmos:

Edward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit.
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A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.

Edward James Olmos

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

Edward James Olmos

I want to show how strong I am from my roots.

Edward James Olmos

We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.

Edward James Olmos

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

Edward James Olmos

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

Edward James Olmos

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

Edward James Olmos

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.

Edward James Olmos

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

Edward James Olmos

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Edward James Olmos

I'm here to make sense.

Edward James Olmos

And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.

Edward James Olmos

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.

Edward James Olmos

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

Edward James Olmos

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

Edward James Olmos

I'm always pleased when people respond to the work.

Edward James Olmos

Author Bio

  • NameEdward James Olmos
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and director
  • BornFebruary 24, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Film Actor; Television Actor