If you can see the terrorists as a relative who's dangerously sick and we have to give them medicine and the medicine is love and compassion. There's nothing better. Richard Gere More Quotes by Richard Gere More Quotes From Richard Gere It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work without getting paid. But quality will find its way out. Richard Gere quality want writing When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate. Richard Gere able acting talking In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind. Richard Gere able mind order People are expecting me to be a certain way all the time. It's not like if I come in here with a totally different personality and right before the camera starts they see this new character. It confuses everything. Life has a consensus reality to it and if you use that to your advantage it makes it much easier. Richard Gere character reality people 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 comfort feelings people It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves. Richard Gere chinese athletic views People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into the hopper. It's not like the actors are wind-up dolls that you push out onto the floor, play with, then put back in the box. You get people around you who you trust; the writer, the producer, the director and all the actors all contribute. Richard Gere play wind ideas Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the thing is happening just by itself you don't need those techniques. Richard Gere technique acting thinking One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new things I have learned for each part. I always assume that I can do it. Richard Gere assuming actors joy 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 actors mean thinking 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 morality situation thinking I honestly do not think about celebrity or image or sexual expectations on me. It only comes up when people have a list of questions. But what I am told is that there is a quality that I have onscreen, where it's a little bit of everything. Richard Gere expectations people thinking Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me. Richard Gere enormous buddhism impact 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 mother love-is thinking There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character. Richard Gere voyages journey character It's human nature - we want to believe our children, our families, our President! Richard Gere president believe children I have a lot of beautiful friends. Richard Gere beautiful People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. Richard Gere different people ideas Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here. Richard Gere democracy country people 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 simple animal thinking
