Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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

Ving Rhames
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
Ving Rhames

I've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years.

Ving Rhames
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
Ving Rhames

Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. 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.

Ving Rhames
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
Ving Rhames

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
Ving Rhames

I'm from New York, and yet I've done only one film executive-produced by Spike Lee and have never done a film that Spike Lee directed. I've never done a film that Keenan Wayans has directed, or Bill Duke.

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, 'I did not choose acting; acting chose me.' I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football.

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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.

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

I think quite a bit of organized religion has become big business. Jesus Christ never sold the word of God. He never gave a sermon and then said, 'For $8.99, you can buy the CD.'

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames

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

Ving Rhames
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
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
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
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
Ving Rhames

Rosewood is what Americans did to Americans. We have to hold the mirror up... and look at ourselves. Sometimes that's an ugly sight. And sometimes you have to go through that pain - both black America and white America - so we can finally find some racial harmony.