Edward James Olmos

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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
Collection: Two
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It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ?
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Death
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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
Collection: African American
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Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other cultures, you start to learn about them and appreciate them. Whether it's the Japanese or the Africans, they all have ways of conjuring spirits and the support of those who have gone before them.
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Appreciate
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I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: People
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When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Able
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I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Character
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And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Character
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I'm always pleased when people respond to the work
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: People
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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
Collection: People
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At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent
- Edward James Olmos
Collection: Looks
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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
Collection: New York