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. | ![]() |