Edward James Olmos

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. ”

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies. ”

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money. ”

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself. ”

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub. ”

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is. ”

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them. ”

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint. ”

Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia. ”

I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me. ”