7 Quotes & Sayings By Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames is an American actor who gained international fame for his role as Detective James "Jim" Early in the action films "Pulp Fiction," "Mission: Impossible," and "Live Free or Die Hard." In a career spanning nearly three decades, Rhames has appeared in more than 40 films. He was born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in Chicago.

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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
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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
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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. Ving Rhames
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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
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I grew up in Harlem in New York, very rough, urban environment, and so what I found is that, if I can have kids travel to different places, countries, areas, it can expand their minds. Ving Rhames
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Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive. Ving Rhames