I’m the spokesman for ADT, and ADT, brother, pays better than most actors make on film. Ving Rhames Read Quote
The training at Juilliard School is classical training, and it really makes one very versatile. Ving Rhames Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve always been taught to just play the truth of the situation. If comedy comes out of that, or drama, whatever comes out of it, at least I’m playing the truth of the moment-to-moment reality. Ving Rhames Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something – I don’t know what it was to this day. My mind couldn’t relate to what it was… If I saw it and knew it was a shark, I wouldn’t be as afraid, but I saw something that looked prehistoric, and I haven’t been snorkeling since. Ving Rhames Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In about 9th grade, an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school, so I did on a whim. I got accepted. Then I got accepted at the Julliard School, and by then, I was serious about it. Ving Rhames Read Quote
If someone’s intimidated by me, that’s something they have to deal with. When I walk down the streets of New York and an old woman grabs her purse when I pass by, I’m not going to give it a whole lot of energy because I’m not in the wrong. I’m a millionaire, and I’m not thinking about grabbing an old woman’s purse. Ving Rhames Read Quote
