Richard Gere

“I cry every chance I get.”

“People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.”

“I have a lot of beautiful friends.”

“Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.”

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.”

“If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.”

“I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.”

“Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.”

“When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.”