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Richard Gere, born on August 31, 1949, is an internationally renowned American actor. Known for his exceptional performances in films, particularly in romantic and dramatic roles, Gere reached the pinnacle of his career in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in 'American Beauty' and 'Chicago', and has been nominated for numerous other awards.

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“I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.”

Thinking Needs Shows Emotional Skins Bravery Brave Willingness Emotional Needs

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“The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.”

Thinking Said Mother Love Is Compassion Symbols Love And Compassion Lama Disinterested Mother's Love Dalai Disinterest Disinterested Love

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“I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.”

Thinking Self Life Is Examination Voyages Self-examination

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“I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.”

Thinking Way Mirrors

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“I don't meet many people that are evil. 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.”

People Thinking Humans Problem Humanity Evil Energy Dark Human Beings Mets Ill Affection Enormous Flawed Mentally Ill Dark Energy

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“I think that as human beings we tend to compartmentalize, and we have a selective morality based on the situation we're in.”

Thinking Humans Human Beings Situation Morality Selective

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Needs Helping Seems Certain Acting Happenings Technique

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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.”

People Thinking Littles Bits Quality Little Bit Expectations Come Up Lists Honestly

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“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.”

People Thinking Way Should Wells Important Different Whole Culture Simple Animal Levels Planets Diversity Survival Species Saved Ecology Ecological Different Cultures

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“I think people do want to relate their entertainment to what's going on in their lives. Not everything.”

People Thinking Want Entertainment Relate

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“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.”

Thinking Littles Christian Christ Church Religious Built Institutions

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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.”

Thinking Light Young Wise Filled West Ancient Hopeful Very Wise

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“Julia [Roberts]. She's got two kids and animals, and I think she's a night nibbler. There'd be crumbs everywhere.”

Thinking Two Kids Night Animal Julia Crumbs

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“If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.”

Ifs Thinking Mind

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“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!'”

Thinking Said Poor Quality Focus Photography Photographer Photograph Clarity Holiness Crap Lama Dalai Poor Quality

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“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.”

Thinking Littles Long Has Beens Made Life Is Grows Mistake Growing Up Keys Long Time Plenty Insecurity Shyness Introspective Time To Grow Up

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“In a situation like this, of course you identify with everyone who's suffering. (But we must also think about) the terrorists who are creating such horrible future lives for themselves because of the negativity of this karma. It's all of our jobs to keep our minds as expansive as possible. 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.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Mind Jobs Suffering Courses Compassion Situation Creating Sick Medicine Karma Terrorist Horrible Relative Negativity Love And Compassion Future Life

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“I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.”

Thinking Mean Actors Can Do Good Actors

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Said Who I Am Snakes Giraffe

Author:Richard Gere

About the Author

Born: August 31, 1949
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 122

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