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
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.
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.
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.
I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet
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
The older you get the more you understand what you're doing
When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub
I'm always pleased when people respond to the work
And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice
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