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
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
I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.
I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet
The older you get the more you understand what you're doing
I'm always pleased when people respond to the work
Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.
It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ?
You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.
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.
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through
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.