Ving Rhames Quotes

"I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon."
-Ving Rhames

"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

"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?"
-Ving Rhames

"My wife is a former homicide detective, LAPD. The wonderful thing that I was able to capture is my wife's experiences from human and professional and how do you deal with some of the atrocities that happen in LA and not bring them home. How do you cut off the human side and just maintain being professional?"
-Ving Rhames

"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

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