God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma. Ving Rhames More Quotes by Ving Rhames More Quotes From Ving Rhames Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive. Ving Rhames being-positivestreamsfoundation 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 brotherhurtmother 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 teacherfootballart 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 doing-what-you-lovedollarsknows Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with. Ving Rhames intimidateddealsifs 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 rolesactorscharacter 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 actingstoriespeople The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner. Ving Rhames qualitylunchdifferences I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed. Ving Rhames actorsblessedstruggle It can always get worse. Ving Rhames I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me. Ving Rhames english-teacherwhimacting I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me. Ving Rhames hollywoodlimitsgiving 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 povertymediachildren I live a very simple life. Ving Rhames livesimple-lifesimplelife The more you do a stunt, the more you increase the risk of something happening. Ving Rhames moresomethingyourisk When I look at the world, I recognize that unfortunately, it sometimes takes an atrocity like 9/11 to force us to come together. Ving Rhames looktogethersometimesworld You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am. Ving Rhames i-amfeelyougod 'Mission: Impossible' is basically entertainment, and for what it is, it's fine. I don't think most actors become actors to do that type of film. Ving Rhames missionthinkfineimpossible 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. Then I got accepted at the Julliard School, and by then, I was serious about it. Ving Rhames metalentteacherschool The more versatile you make yourself, the more work you get. Training makes you more versatile and ultimately gets you more work. Julliard taught me that. Ving Rhames yourselfmeyouwork
