87 Quotes by 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.

Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

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.

The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.

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.

Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.

I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me.

I grew up in Harlem, and the kids used to tease me. You know that song 'Bingo'? Well, they used to sing, 'V-i-n-g-o, and Vingo was his name-o.'