Richard Gere quotes - page 3

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. (Richard Gere)
In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure. View quote
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The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower. (Richard Gere)
I've had an interesting life. View quote
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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. View quote
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We've had too many World AIDS Days. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think people do want to relate their entertainment to what's going on in their lives. Not everything. View quote
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