A biography for Richard Gerehasn’t been written yet.
“Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.”
“There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.”
“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.”
“I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.”
“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.”
“I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.”
“The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.”
“Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either mindful or you're not.”
“Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.”
“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.”
“The secret of my success is my hairspray.”
“I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically depending on how much money you have. It's the texture of life.”
“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.”
“In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.”
“I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave.”
“I've stayed good friends with most of my girlfriends.”
“I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader.”
“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.”
“I've had an interesting life.”
“Everyone responds to kindness.”