There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.

Quote by Richard Gere

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When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to...

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to...

I cry every chance I get.

I cry every chance I get.

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I...

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I...

I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm...

I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm...

In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.

In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.

Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I...

Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I...

There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film...

There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film...

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they...

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they...

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

Everyone responds to kindness.

Everyone responds to kindness.

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I...

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I...

Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young...

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young...

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest -...

I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest -...

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives...

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives...

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning...

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning...

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some...

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some...