The Drink with Kate Snow: Jimmy Smits

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🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Smits is an Emmy-Award winning actor best known for his role as Victor Sifuentes in 'L.A Law,' and he's back on TV playing another lawyer in 'Bluff City Law.' His love of acting began in high school when he did the unthinkable - quitting the football team to join the drama club.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, this is Kate Snow, and I'm excited to share this conversation that I had with actor and television staple Jimmy Smiths.
0:07.8	We met at LaMani at Rockefeller Center for a drink or three, and he told me the story of how he got into acting.
0:15.0	This interview is part of my series, The Drink with Kate Snow.
0:18.0	You can find more of these conversations about how people overcome failure,
0:22.2	persevere, and make it to the top of their field. It's all on NBCNews.com slash the drink.
0:29.8	What would you like? What's your drink?
0:31.4	Or Libre, or Mojito, or Pinacolada.
0:40.8	Jimmy Smith's, no one has ever ordered multiple drinks.
0:44.3	I love this.
0:45.2	I was going to drink English breakfast tea.
0:48.2	True story.
0:49.5	You really were, and then you got here.
0:51.3	And I was like, okay.
0:53.5	You grew up in New York City.
0:55.0	Yeah?
0:56.0	All over the place.
0:57.0	All over the place.
0:58.0	Why why'd you move so many times?
1:00.0	Economics.
1:01.0	There were times when mom wasn't doing too good, and we needed to be closer to other family.
1:09.0	But in the Bronx, mostly in in Brooklyn and is it true that you
1:11.8	gave up football at some point for a drama club I went to a school that was very proficient in
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