"I'm not gay. I'm not homophobic. And I've……" — Ving Rhames
"I'm not gay. I'm not homophobic. And I've never been raped. So it was acting. I look at it as the most powerful man in the movie being in one of the most vulnerable positions. And what that did was cause the audience to feel for him. It shows that no matter how hard-core you think you are, this could happen to you."
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14 Quotes by Ving Rhames
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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 grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the…
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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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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
— Victoria Abril
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
— Mary Kay Ash
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
— Julian Assange
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
— Rowan Atkinson
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
— Jensen Ackles
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
— Amitabh Bachchan
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
— Kevin Bacon
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