Edward James Olmos Quotes & Sayings

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

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

I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history. — Edward James Olmos

Life's a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning. — Edward James Olmos

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet. — Edward James Olmos

I'm always pleased when people respond to the work. — Edward James Olmos

I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me. — Edward James Olmos

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do. — Edward James Olmos

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing. — 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

We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share and provide a secure future for the children of our country. — 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

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

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money. — Edward James Olmos

'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else. — Edward James Olmos

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is. — Edward James Olmos

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere. — 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

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent. — Edward James Olmos

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, 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

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub. — Edward James Olmos

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

What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver. — Edward James Olmos

I want to show how strong I am from my roots. — Edward James Olmos

We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, 'You have talent.' No, the gift is to realize that we all start out even. Whether we messed up or put our best foot forward, with these four qualities, we take care of our mental, physical and spiritual health each day. Am I the best in the world? No. The question is: Am I the best I can be? — Edward James Olmos

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints. — Edward James Olmos

Education is a vacine for violence. — Edward James Olmos

Education is a vaccine for violence. — 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

It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ? — 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

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice. — 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

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself. — Edward James Olmos

Education is the vaccine for violence — Edward James Olmos

I don't support violence, period. — 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

It's in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out. — Edward James Olmos

I'm here to make sense. — Edward James Olmos

Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet. — Edward James Olmos

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. — Edward James Olmos