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I grew up in Harlem, and the kids used to tease me. You know that song 'Bingo'? Well, they used to sing, 'V-i-n-g-o, and Vingo was his name-o.' — Ving Rhames

I was more interested in playing sports than acting. I didn't take acting too seriously until the end of my junior year. — Ving Rhames

My brother and I slept on the couch. I didn't get my own room until I was in college. We didn't even have a telephone until I was in college. — Ving Rhames

I saw that crime pays, but I never got involved in crime. — Ving Rhames

I do fish, and as a matter of fact, I used to do a lot of deep sea fishing, but as far as going into the water, I don't go out deep into the water. — 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. — Ving Rhames

I think God has blessed each of us with at least one gift. So I think it's a matter of do we find it within our lifetime. — Ving Rhames

I think there's so much we don't know and the unknown in the ocean; every 10 years or so, we find some fossil that's been there before mankind. — Ving Rhames

In this industry, very few actors can control their career. — Ving Rhames

I'm the spokesman for ADT, and ADT, brother, pays better than most actors make on film. — Ving Rhames

When I think of the trials and tribulations that black men go through in America and that black artists went through, I feel very privileged. — Ving Rhames

There could be some unknown actor who's a better actor than Ving Rhames, but no one knows that actor, so Ving Rhames will get the job. — Ving Rhames

I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me. — Ving Rhames

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've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years. — Ving Rhames

I live a very simple life. — Ving Rhames

I try to allow the spirit of the character to live through me. That's the only way I know how to approach acting. I have to live it. — Ving Rhames

It can always get worse. — Ving Rhames

God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma. — Ving Rhames

I've always been interested in cross-cultural exchange with the youth. — Ving Rhames

I really feel that there are things in the ocean that we have no idea about. — Ving Rhames

Miss Goodblatt would call on me to read. She said I had a talent. So on a whim, I auditioned for the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. — Ving Rhames

The more you do a stunt, the more you increase the risk of something happening. — Ving Rhames

The training at Juilliard School is classical training, and it really makes one very versatile. — Ving Rhames

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed. — Ving Rhames

I don't need dialogue to convey emotion or thoughts to my audience. — Ving Rhames

I find it so strange that I throw people off-center. — Ving Rhames

I can always do theater; I can do Ibsen, I can do Macbeth, I can do Chekhov, I can do Moliere, Othello, I can do Richard III. — Ving Rhames

Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting. — Ving Rhames

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball. — Ving Rhames

I find early jazz to be the most revolutionary music of its time. — Ving Rhames

People often think I've played the villain more times than I have. — Ving Rhames

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

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

I try to base my life on the principles of Christ. I try to raise my family on the principles of Christ. I don't know if that makes me religious. — Ving Rhames

God is putting me in a position to affect people. — Ving Rhames

I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting. — Ving Rhames

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed. — Ving Rhames

'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

Don King is as American as apple pie. He is America. — Ving Rhames

The character of the computer whiz is not one that would normally be associated with me. — Ving Rhames

Rottweilers are victims of a stereotype. They're not that bad. — Ving Rhames

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me. — Ving Rhames

My dogs are family dogs. — Ving Rhames

I graduated on a Friday. By Monday, I was doing Shakespeare in the Park. — Ving Rhames

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