"As an immigrant first-generation family here in this country, it wasn't about safe choices, it was about realistic choices. There was a lot of weight put into the fact that I was one of the first in my extended family to attend college [a bachelor's from Brooklyn College, a master's in fine arts from Cornell) and what that meant — what this country has to offer."
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On how his parents initially wanted him to have a more traditional occupation in “Jimmy Smits Returns to NBC With New Law Series” in AARP Magazine (2019 Sep 19)
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