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
I'm always pleased when people respond to the work
You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it
Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.
I don't support violence, period.
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.
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
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.