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Ving Rhames
American
Actor
About the author
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,
American
Actor
#Acting
#People
#Spirit
I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.
Ving Rhames,
American
Actor
#Acting
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,
American
Actor
#Time
#Hurt
#Mother
#Brother
#Drugs
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,
American
Actor
#Love
#Success
#Living
Are you intimidated by me? Because if you're intimidated by me, that's something you'll have to deal with.
Ving Rhames,
American
Actor