Richard Gere Quotes
"In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Possibility, Brothers, Sisters)
"Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Hurt)
"Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Meditation, Reality)
"My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Men, Buddhist, First)
"The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Love, Mother, Compassion, Symbol)
"When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Peace, Holiness, World)
"There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Film, Light, Nothing, Project)
"Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Buddhism)
"Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are."
- Richard Gere
"What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Love, Appreciation, Compassion, Kindness)
"When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Work, Actor)
"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Acting)
"In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Being, Mind, Order, Stability)
"The secret of my success is my hairspray."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Success)
"Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human."
- Richard Gere
"If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Work, Meaning, Value)
"All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Sacrifice, Energy, Suffering)
"When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Buddhism, Connection, Karma, Past)
"Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Actors, Careers)
"Everyone responds to kindness."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Kindness)
"I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Leader, Control, Emotions, Mind)
"I cry every chance I get."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Chance)
"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Thought, Hope, Party, President, Voting, Will)
"I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Relationships)
"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Bravery, Skin)
"Billions of people don't practice a religion at all."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Religion, People, Practice)
"I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30."
- Richard Gere
"I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Acting)
"I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Life, Mind)
"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."
- Richard Gere
(Related: Actors)