A Quote by Jimmy Smits

All my Latino side is from the Bronx. — © Jimmy Smits
All my Latino side is from the Bronx.

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I chose 'BronxWorks' because I'm from The Bronx, and I got raised in The Bronx, and I just know the struggle and how it is growing up in The Bronx.
I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'
Remy Ma is from the Bronx and I'm from the Bronx. The stories in her music are similar to what I've experienced.
I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'
I was born in the Bronx but my parents hated living in the Bronx so they moved to Oregon when I was 6 months old.
Of course, Bronx is also useful as a kind of living personality test. If Bronx likes you, it's a [darn] good sign.
When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!
I see a Latino comic as someone who can only perform for Latino audiences. I cross the board.
Audiences are more drawn in to what they can relate to, so it would be stupid not to have great Latino films for the Latino audience.
I have 100 percent Bronx pride, like it's a country, like I am the Bronx.
My mom and dad are New Yorkers who left the tenement streets of the Bronx and came to Los Angeles when 'West Side Story' was real. They have the scars to prove it.
Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn't mean we're up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.
It's interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called 'Latino' because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.
I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.
Fox News Latino has a mission to point out the positives of the Latino population, operating within the framework of making America great.
'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.
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