Richard Gere
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gereis an American actor and humanitarian activist. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Runaway Bride, Arbitrage and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 August 1949
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end result of your work. You use the technique when you're in trouble and things aren't flowing the way they should. It's a way of fooling yourself to make it work again.
When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.
I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
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.
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.
India is a country that I care about deeply. We're talking about a population in India that is close to a billion people. If this crisis hits them to the degree it's expected to, we've lost Asia.
I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.
I had the sense he was covering hysteria.
I'm totally shocked. I never win anything. And I didn't even want to do this movie!
What's the biggest problem here? ... Food, water?
This is an outrage. There are no freedoms in China. There are no freedoms in Tibet.
People's reaction to opera the first time they hear it is extreme, ... They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don't, they may learn to love it, but it will never become part of their soul.
If we do this work now, we may save 10, 15 million lives. It gives you a lot of focus. I mean, how many things in your life can you do that have that kind of impact?