"I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but……" — 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."
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14 Quotes by Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames has 14 quotes on this site.
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Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.
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I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And…
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Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting…
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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…
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Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.
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I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me.
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I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.
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I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.
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The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.
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For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way…
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My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself…
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I must say that some things some men are born to do. I think I was born to kick ass.
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