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Ving Rhames quotes: 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.'

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I saw that crime pays, but I never got involved in crime.

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

Ving Rhames quotes: 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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: In this industry, very few actors can control their career.

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am.

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 quotes: I've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years.

I've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years.

Ving Rhames quotes: I live a very simple life.

I live a very simple life.

Ving Rhames quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It can always get worse.

It can always get worse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The more you do a stunt, the more you increase the risk of something happening.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: When I look at the world, I recognize that unfortunately, it sometimes takes an atrocity like 9/11 to force us to come together.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: God is putting me in a position to affect people.

God is putting me in a position to affect people.

Ving Rhames quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

Ving Rhames quotes: '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.

'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 quotes: Don King is as American as apple pie. He is America.

Don King is as American as apple pie. He is America.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ving Rhames quotes: My dogs are family dogs.

My dogs are family dogs.

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

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

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

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