Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmosis an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Martin "Marty" 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. In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 February 1947
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia
I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do
At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent
Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does
I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them
If it’s change you need, relish the journey.
Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa
Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them
We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated
It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.
What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.
Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.
Education is a vacine for violence