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Jimmy Smits

"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."

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Akshay Vasu

"The ultimate profit of all businesses should be happiness."

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Akshay Vasu

"16th century advertisements cannot market 21st century products. Look for what is necessary at the present moment."

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Akshay Vasu

"Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate."

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Akshay Vasu

"If you have ever experienced this type of unprofessional treatment, I doubt you would even consider giving them business in the future. Interrupting, ignoring, patronizing, or antagonizing a customer is like pouring gas on a fire and creates a more explosive situation than the original complaint. Still, it continues to happen every day, costing companies millions in lost revenue."

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Akshay Vasu

"But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses."

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Akshay Vasu

"My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history."

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Akshay Vasu

"All those years we'd spent learning these chops, and all those gigs in Germany where you'd play all night, and along comes punk. It has nothing to do with that. A lot of people went out of business."

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Akshay Vasu

"When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary is not a bad thing."

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Akshay Vasu

"It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business."

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Akshay Vasu

"I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention."

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Jimmy Smits
"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

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Jimmy Smits
"Celebrity hits like a bomb."

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Jimmy Smits
"I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment."

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Jimmy Smits
"When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system."

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Jimmy Smits
"I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer."

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Jimmy Smits
"If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?"

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Jimmy Smits
"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."

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Jimmy Smits
"I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much."

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Jimmy Smits
"I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others."

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Jimmy Smits
"I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me."

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