Richard Gere Quotes

24 quotations by Richard Gere

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

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.

What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

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.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

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.

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.

I cry every chance I get.

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.

Everyone responds to kindness.

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.

Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.

Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.