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Richard Gere
American
Actor
Born:
Aug 31
,
1949
Because
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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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
Love
Kindness
Appreciation
Compassion
Religions
Towards
Lean
Common
I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.
Richard Gere
Life
Time
Key
Made
Insecurity
Long
Long Time
Mistakes
Think
Too
Took
Plenty
Introspective
Stemmed
Learn
Been
Up
Little
Them
Grow
Grow Up
Shyness
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.
Richard Gere
Karma
Strong
Past
Intuitive
Some
Someone
Buddhism
Because
Connection
Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level.
Richard Gere
Health
Survival
Animal
People
Simple
Diversity
Important
Think
Saved
Our
Way
Ecological
Ecology
Well
Cultures
Same
Different
Different Cultures
Planet
Should
Whole
Species
Level
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
Time
World
Sometimes
Kind
Like
Real
Bull
Ferdinand
Going
The Real World
Real World
Aware
Daisy
I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.
Richard Gere
Life
Think
Takes
Self-Examination
Voyage
Certainly
I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.
Richard Gere
Bit
Dreamer
Tend
I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they're not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church.
Richard Gere
Religion
Christ
Church
Christian
Think
Our
Reliable
Corrupt
Religious
Pretty
Brought
More
Institutions
Most
Around
Built
Up
Very
Little
Really
Christian Religion
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.
Richard Gere
Character
Every
Find
Voyage
Really
Actor
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
Light
Nothing
Project
About
Particles
Real
Proven
Exist
Even
Film
The secret of my success is my hairspray.
Richard Gere
Success
Secret
Hairspray
The Secret Of
Success Is
I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically depending on how much money you have. It's the texture of life.
Richard Gere
Life
You
Money
Nothing
Changes
Had
New
How
How Much
How Much Money
Texture
York
Depending
New York
Much
Radically
Lived
I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.
Richard Gere
Skin
Think
Willingness
About
Emotional
Bravery
Show
Need
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
Myself
Needy
Extremely
About
Through
Outside
Different
Fulfilling
Acting
Less
Many
Express
Lives
Needing
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is the same. We're just not aware of it.
Richard Gere
Life
Emotions
Real Life
Sense
Point
Point Of View
Buddhist
Real
Same
Just
View
Manufacture
Actor
Aware
Play
My life is pretty simple and normal.
Richard Gere
Life
Simple
My Life
Pretty
Normal
Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.
Richard Gere
You
World
Listening
See
Primarily
Audience
Movie
Wants
Happening
Processing
Really
Engaged
Acting
Your
Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.
Richard Gere
Me
Better
Had
Know
Been
Than
Certainly
Who
Actor
Why
Careers
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
You
Natural
Free
Way
Recognizable
Feel
Safe
Comedies
Got
Human
Just
Happen
Even
Things
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
Best
Good
Think
Part
Any
Mean
Good Actors
Actor
I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.
Richard Gere
Relationships
Totally
Dating
Know
Exist
Any
Us
Who
Honest
Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.
Richard Gere
Reality
Meditation
More
Take
Normally
Than
Substantial
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.
Richard Gere
Happy
Men
First
Young
Would
Would-Be
Buddhist
Like
Most
Particularly
Encounter
Young Men
Early
Early 20s
Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.
Richard Gere
Me
Enormous
Impact
Had
Buddhism
Tibetan
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
Richard Gere
Ways
Buddhists
Western
Than
Much
Many
Serious
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
Richard Gere
Work
You
Simplest
Simplest Things
Feel
Safe
Got
Even
Appears
Actor
Things
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