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. |