Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.
It can always get worse. - Ving Rhames
It can always get worse.
- Ving Rhames
I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me. - Ving Rhames
I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me.
I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hu… - Ving Rhames
I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hu…
The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner. - Ving Rhames
The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.
You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, the… - Ving Rhames
You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, the…
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed. - Ving Rhames
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.
I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it. - Ving Rhames
I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it.
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. … - Ving Rhames
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. …
Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with. - Ving Rhames
Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.
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