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Richard Gere quotes: It's human nature - we want to believe our children, our families, our President!

It's human nature - we want to believe our children, our families, our President!

Richard Gere quotes: I think people do want to relate their entertainment to what's going on in their lives. Not everything.

I think people do want to relate their entertainment to what's going on in their lives. Not everything.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

Richard Gere quotes: When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: Everyone responds to kindness.

Everyone responds to kindness.

Richard Gere quotes: You've all heard some rumors about me over the years. I guess this is the moment to do it. My name is Richard Gere and I am a l*sbian.

You've all heard some rumors about me over the years. I guess this is the moment to do it. My name is Richard Gere and I am a l*sbian.

Richard Gere quotes: There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.

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 quotes: I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

Richard Gere quotes: The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.

There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.

Richard Gere quotes: I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.

I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.

Richard Gere quotes: Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

Richard Gere quotes: Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

Richard Gere quotes: Things come out of nowhere, and you start evaluating the director, the cast, and all those other things going into it.

Things come out of nowhere, and you start evaluating the director, the cast, and all those other things going into it.

Richard Gere quotes: 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.

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 quotes: People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

Richard Gere quotes: I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Richard Gere quotes: All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

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

Richard Gere quotes: Editing a film is always a question of time, and the director. I've worked with a lot of directors who don't mind my involvement. They appreciated it.

Editing a film is always a question of time, and the director. I've worked with a lot of directors who don't mind my involvement. They appreciated it.

Richard Gere quotes: People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: I've stayed good friends with most of my girlfriends.

I've stayed good friends with most of my girlfriends.

Richard Gere quotes: Anything that's expanding the mind and heart is happiness. But it's not a goal.

Anything that's expanding the mind and heart is happiness. But it's not a goal.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

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

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

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 quotes: If people lose their land, they have nothing. You lose your land - you lose your culture, you lose self.

If people lose their land, they have nothing. You lose your land - you lose your culture, you lose self.

Richard Gere quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Arabs are a burden on the world and should be annihilated.

Arabs are a burden on the world and should be annihilated.

Richard Gere quotes: When you get up in the morning, set your motivations.

When you get up in the morning, set your motivations.

Richard Gere quotes: Julia [Roberts]. She's got two kids and animals, and I think she's a night nibbler. There'd be crumbs everywhere.

Julia [Roberts]. She's got two kids and animals, and I think she's a night nibbler. There'd be crumbs everywhere.

Richard Gere quotes: 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.

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

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

Richard Gere quotes: The secret of my success is my hairspray.

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

Richard Gere quotes: Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.

Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.

Richard Gere quotes: Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

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

Richard Gere quotes: In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

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

Richard Gere quotes: I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

Richard Gere quotes: I have a lot of beautiful friends.

I have a lot of beautiful friends.

Richard Gere quotes: I've always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You're not this or that, no one is.

I've always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You're not this or that, no one is.

Richard Gere quotes: On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.

On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.

Richard Gere quotes: I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.

I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.

Richard Gere quotes: I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

Richard Gere quotes: I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.

I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.

Richard Gere quotes: To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on

To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on

Richard Gere quotes: There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.

There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.

Richard Gere quotes: My life is pretty simple and normal.

My life is pretty simple and normal.

Richard Gere quotes: A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.

A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.

Richard Gere quotes: In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality.

In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality.

Richard Gere quotes: I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a

I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.

Richard Gere quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30.

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30.

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

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 quotes: I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

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 quotes: The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts ... and therefore the Universe changes.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts ... and therefore the Universe changes.

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

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

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

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 quotes: If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

Richard Gere quotes: We've had too many World AIDS Days.

We've had too many World AIDS Days.

Richard Gere quotes: America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people.

America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people.

Richard Gere quotes: I've had an interesting life.

I've had an interesting life.

Richard Gere quotes: People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are.

Richard Gere quotes: Relationships are like sharks. They've got to keep going into deeper, colder water, sometimes scarier, darker territories ... to stay alive.

Relationships are like sharks. They've got to keep going into deeper, colder water, sometimes scarier, darker territories ... to stay alive.

Richard Gere quotes: Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited.

Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited.

Richard Gere quotes: Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

Richard Gere quotes: I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people.

I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people.

Richard Gere quotes: It was important for me to have a partner who was ballsy.

It was important for me to have a partner who was ballsy.

Richard Gere quotes: I think that as human beings we tend to compartmentalize, and we have a selective morality based on the situation we're in.

I think that as human beings we tend to compartmentalize, and we have a selective morality based on the situation we're in.

Richard Gere quotes: (Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

Richard Gere quotes: Shooting in New York can be a problem. I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.

Shooting in New York can be a problem. I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.

Richard Gere quotes: I have no sense of time, and I'm a dreamer.

I have no sense of time, and I'm a dreamer.

Richard Gere quotes: I have to admit, a manicured look works for me.

I have to admit, a manicured look works for me.

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

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