Likly due to stress, I've had a few breakouts of acne recently, and it reminded me of a comment I heard towards a person asking for help on what to do about their acne. The comment, went something along the lines of "you don't want to look like Edward James Olmos do you?" And, Edwards J Olmos being one of my favorite actors, I thought to myself: "huh, do I want to have smooth, baby-bottom skin...or look like a famous actor?"
Well, given the choice, I think I'd rather look like a famous actor. Personally, I think what's great about EJO the most is that he shows that you don't have to have pretty soft skin and look like you're 20 when you're 45. He shows that what counts is being a good actor, and he's played everything from an evil dictator to a space commander.
The interesting thing to note is, I never realized this guy was some kind of Spanish. You can't hear it in his voice, he never really looked it IMO, and his name doesn't particularly give away any sort of ancestry. He doesn't advertize it or flaunt it as far as I know. And he doesn't stick to particularly spanish/latin american films, so I dunno, thought that was kinda neat.
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wow you have truly shown your ignorance.. some kind of Spanish???WTF were you raised in the 1950s he's half Mexican last time I checked Mexico has been its own country since 1821 so Mexicans, are in fact Mexicans NOT "some kind of Spanish". and you claim he doesn't flaunt it? let me guess you're the kind of person who doesn't like anyone who's not european(irish-american, italian-american, etc.) flaunting their national pride but the moment a Latino does it, he's just being reverse-racist? and just so you know he's been an active latino activist for many years and is the spokesperson of countless latino/hispanic organizations. And you're surprised he doesn't SOUND Mexican, wow you must have an amazing talent, can you tell by the sound of my voice what my ethnicity is by the sound of my voice, if you have this amazing talent I'm sure the government would love to offer you a job. seriously next time you're going to write something put a LITTLE though into it and try to be a little less ignorant and offensive.
Actually, I believe that one of the first parts EJO became widely-known for was as the police lieutenant on "Miami Vice," where I think (if memory serves -- it's been a long time) he used a Hispanic accent.
I presumed at the time that the character was Cuban, or maybe of some other Central American origin.
PS> Here's the Wikipedia entry on Edward James Olmos. And I agree, he has always been an impressively fantastic actor, regardless of whether he looks like Brad Pitt or not. As an aside, consider for a moment how a woman actor would be treated if she had acne scars.
PPS> Thanks for dropping by to read my post on Room 641A. I enjoyed a few of your posts here on your blog.
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