Ving Rhames

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

— Ving Rhames

#deal #intimidated #me #something #you

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

#could #had #i #inside #knew

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

— Ving Rhames

#god #hollywood #i #limit #me

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

#child #deprived #grew #i #know

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me. ↗

— Ving Rhames

#choose #chose #i #like #me

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

#broke #brother #cried #cry #down

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed. ↗

— Ving Rhames

#blessed #feel #i #i feel #never

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

— Ving Rhames

#foundation #god #life #my life #only

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

— Ving Rhames

#budget film #difference #dinner #film #lunch

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

#dollars #know #living #love #make