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.
Richard Gere
On AIDS crisis in India, Feb 2006. |
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.
Richard Gere |
Bush's plans for war are a bizarre bad dream.
Richard Gere |
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.
Richard Gere |
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.
Richard Gere |
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early
twenties. I think like most young men I was not particularly
happy. I don't know if I was suicidal, but I was pretty unhappy,
and I had questions like, "Why anything?"
Richard Gere |
It completely changed my life the first time I was in the
presence of His Holiness. No question about it.
Richard Gere
On meeting the Dalai Lama. |
Tantra has become less romantic to me. It seems more familiar.
Richard Gere |
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.
Richard Gere |
I know pretty much who I am. It's good for me to be in the
world.
Richard Gere |