Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhamesis an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, Dawn of the Dead, Rosewood, Con Air, and as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 May 1959
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Ving Rhames quotes about
bill draw fuss gonna human later passed sooner
There's gonna be a bill passed sooner or later that's gonna draw a line. We have to just think about, 'What have we become? Why is all of this fuss over another human being?
dollars love million success
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.
blessed god matter within
I think God has blessed all of us with at least one gift, so I think it's just a matter of do we find it within our lifetime?
being-positive foundation streams
Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.
lunch differences quality
The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.
acting whim english-teacher
I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.
deals ifs intimidated
Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.
doing-what-you-love dollars knows
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.
expand found grew kids travel urban
I grew up in Harlem in New York, very rough, urban environment, and so what I found is that, if I can have kids travel to different places, countries, areas, it can expand their minds.
couple days invited spent studied watched
I spent three days with Don King, and I interviewed 45 people. I studied his speech, his mannerisms. He invited me to a couple of fights, and I watched him.
choose chose god hand life reason
I'm a God-fearing man, and I know the only reason why I am here going from poverty to where I am now is God has His hand on my life. I tell people, 'I didn't choose acting; God chose me to act.'
spike
I'm from New York, and yet I've done only one film executive-produced by Spike Lee and have never done a film that Spike Lee directed. I've never done a film that Keenan Wayans has directed, or Bill Duke.
playing taught truth whatever
I've always been taught to just play the truth of the situation. If comedy comes out of that, or drama, whatever comes out of it, at least I'm playing the truth of the moment-to-moment reality.
deal grabbing pass purse streets walk york
If someone's intimidated by me, that's something they have to deal with. When I walk down the streets of New York and an old woman grabs her purse when I pass by, I'm not going to give it a whole lot of energy because I'm not in the wrong. I'm a millionaire, and I'm not thinking about grabbing an old woman's purse.