Ving Rhames Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1959

Topics

WalkWomanNew YorkMeEnergyDown

My parents made me finish high school before I started acting, and I did, like, two weeks of fine arts college before I was like, 'This sucks. I'm going!' I got a few small jobs, and then I booked a big-for-Canada feature.

Jessica Pare

SchoolParentsCollegeMeSmallTwo

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

John le Carre

DifficultiesAlwaysCharactersFemale

I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting.

Stephen Rea

ActingKnowWhyStillHooked

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.

Tom Heinsohn

LoveMoneyBasketballYouPlayAsk

It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.

Rosie O'Donnell

MyselfCharityPushYouCareerWhy

The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.

Jason Isbell

FamilyHeritageFocusedMuscleVery

When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.

Dick Dale

WaveYouGoSoundTopOver

I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.

Donald O'Connor

GoodRememberDownPutChoreographer

Orlando is such a kind person. He's so generous and one of us, 'us' meaning a theater person. What a lot of people don't know about him is that, before 'Lord of the Rings,' he went to theater school like a lot of us. He is just really sweet and hard working.

Condola Rashad

SchoolPeopleSweetMeaningPerson

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

Coretta Scott King

FearAngerRevengeViolenceAlways

You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar.

Colin Greenwood

GuitarYouWouldLikeApproach

It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.

Apolo Ohno

GoalsWomanMeIndependent WomanYou

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