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
people
People often think I've played the villain more times than I have.
almost anyone deal extremely front people respect
It's really how you deal with people. Do people respect you? Are you honest with people even if it's something they don't want to hear? Anyone in Hollywood will tell you I'm extremely up front and honest almost to a fault.
people
I find it so strange that I throw people off-center.
ask honest people please whatever
All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.
people acting stories
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.
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?
scripts written
A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.
atrocity takes
When I look at the world, I recognize that unfortunately, it sometimes takes an atrocity like 9/11 to force us to come together.
kids life trying
We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.
classical school
The training at Juilliard School is classical training, and it really makes one very versatile.
increase
The more you do a stunt, the more you increase the risk of something happening.
associated normally
The character of the computer whiz is not one that would normally be associated with me.
graduated since
Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.
room slept until
My brother and I slept on the couch. I didn't get my own room until I was in college. We didn't even have a telephone until I was in college.