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" 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. "

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" 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

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Shark

Great

" 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. "

" You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me. "

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

" '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. "

" God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma. "

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Blessed

" I've always been interested in cross-cultural exchange with the youth. "

" 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. "

" The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You can feel I am whatever you want to feel I am. God knows who I am, and I know who I am. "

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

" Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive. "

" I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it. "

Ving Rhames

Media

Neighborhood

" I live a very simple life. "

" 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. "

" I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me. "

Ving Rhames

God

Limit

" The more versatile you make yourself, the more work you get. Training makes you more versatile and ultimately gets you more work. Julliard taught me that. "

Ving Rhames

Training

" Really, if you get in the ring and box with someone for real, I don't think it is a sport. As far as professional fighters, you are literally putting your life on the line. "

" I grew up in Harlem, and the kids used to tease me. You know that song 'Bingo'? Well, they used to sing, 'V-i-n-g-o, and Vingo was his name-o.' "

Ving Rhames

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Know