Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhamesis an American actor best known for his work in Bringing Out the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America, Dawn of the Dead, Rosewood, Con Air, and as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible film series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 May 1959
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
acting interested junior playing seriously sports until
I was more interested in playing sports than acting. I didn't take acting too seriously until the end of my junior year.
act graduated
I graduated college in 1983, so that's 32 years, and all I've done for a living is act or commercials or voiceovers. So I have nothing to complain about.
acting whim english-teacher
I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.
blessed struggle actors
I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.
people acting stories
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.
character actors roles
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I'm doing my autobiography, I'm playing a character.
bill draw fuss gonna human later passed sooner
There's gonna be a bill passed sooner or later that's gonna draw a line. We have to just think about, 'What have we become? Why is all of this fuss over another human being?
blessed god matter within
I think God has blessed all of us with at least one gift, so I think it's just a matter of do we find it within our lifetime?
artist jack
I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon,
ask honest people please whatever
All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.
scripts written
A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.
america men trials
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.
atrocity takes
When I look at the world, I recognize that unfortunately, it sometimes takes an atrocity like 9/11 to force us to come together.
kids life trying
We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.