I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light. Richard Gere More Quotes by Richard Gere More Quotes From Richard Gere I've stayed good friends with most of my girlfriends. Richard Gere good-friend my-girlfriend girlfriend 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 quantum holiness world Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited. Richard Gere dedicated stones people If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot. Richard Gere wells ifs giving I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play. But it was always ridiculous to assume that because I could play a gigolo on screen I'd play anything like that role off screen. Richard Gere play character reality 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 bulls real world I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes. Richard Gere examination self thinking If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people. Richard Gere united-states iraq people I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them. Richard Gere mirrors way thinking In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality. It's part of my job. Richard Gere personality jobs character 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 snakes who-i-am thinking Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. Richard Gere gdp buddhist way When I am in Tibet, I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. The Dalai Lama's holiness generates love and compassion to every human being. He has committed himself to that. I haven't made that leap yet. I haven't given up self-aspiration. I still love making movies. Richard Gere light compassion self We've had too many World AIDS Days. Richard Gere aids-day aids world I tend to be a bit of a dreamer. Richard Gere bits dreamer On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors. Richard Gere sibling directors father His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!' Richard Gere poor-quality photography thinking 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 whole personality character I had a friend in the neighborhood whose father had Playboy magazines, and we would go over and look at them. I remember cutting out pictures and hiding them in my room. Richard Gere cutting father looks I just had a device made that fits in your mouth and juts your jaw out like you have an underbite. It locks in that position to keep your throat passage open when you sleep. This is the sacrifice I make for my wife. It was either this device or me sleeping in the other room. Richard Gere sacrifice wife sleep
