"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. " - Edward James Olmos
"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice. " - Edward James Olmos
"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. " - Edward James Olmos
"At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent. " - Edward James Olmos
"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. " - Edward James Olmos
"Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere. " - Edward James Olmos
"Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet. " - Edward James Olmos
"Claiming to be a business man because you've made millions ion movies if differenbt from billion and billions in a state budget. " - Edward James Olmos
"Education is a vacine for violence. " - Edward James Olmos
"Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it. " - Edward James Olmos
"For me, Cesar Chevez was a saint. Martin Luther King was not a saint. He was a great man, he did great things, but he was not a saint. " - Edward James Olmos
"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. " - Edward James Olmos
"I don't support violence, period. " - Edward James Olmos
"I just don't deal with any government. I don't deal with the United States government. When it comes to understanding humanity, they're the worst. " - Edward James Olmos
"I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do. " - Edward James Olmos
"I started doing the dramatics in college. I acted in the theater for 14 years before I went to film in Zoots Suits etc. " - Edward James Olmos
"I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet. " - Edward James Olmos
"I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them. " - Edward James Olmos
"I want to show how strong I am from my roots. " - Edward James Olmos
"I was raised in East LA and my garnd parents were committed to the community. " - Edward James Olmos
"I'm always pleased when people respond to the work. " - Edward James Olmos
"I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is. " - Edward James Olmos
"In my early 20's I began to understand the draw of activism when I was invited to speak at a high school after I'd done a play. " - Edward James Olmos
"It's about the diversity that makes this planet strong, that is being neglected: we won't have to worry about overpopulation or ecology - diversity's going to shut us down. " - Edward James Olmos
"Jess, to me, is a cross between Archie Bunker and Zorba the Greek. He's a fun-loving guy who's very conservative. " - Edward James Olmos
"Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them. " - Edward James Olmos
"Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia. " - Edward James Olmos
"Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa. " - Edward James Olmos
"The older you get the more you understand what you're doing. " - Edward James Olmos
"There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems. " - Edward James Olmos
"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. " - Edward James Olmos
"We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated. " - Edward James Olmos
"When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub. " - Edward James Olmos
"Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does. " - 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. " - Edward James Olmos
"You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints. " - Edward James Olmos
