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Ving Rhames quotes

American Actor May 12, 1959

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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, then that's success to me. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams..."
Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive. 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 hurt my mother, so I kept away from drugs. Ving Rhames
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. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can..."
I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed."
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed. 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. Unless I'm doing my autobiography, I'm playing a character. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and..."
The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner. Ving Rhames
For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way for me to tell the stories of the people I knew, so that their spirit could live through me. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me."
I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me. Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames quote: "Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by..."
Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with. 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. Ving Rhames

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