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I do my work as an actor, but another part of my work goes to the piece as a whole. I can be fairly detached looking at my work and be brutal on myself.

Richard Gere

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Richard Gere
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 31
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I can see the character in a photograph, in the way a guy stands or holds his hands, the way he buckles his belt. I fantasize a lot looking at photographs. I'm sure that doesn't work for many people.
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I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.
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Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.
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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.
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I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.
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I've got a lot of opportunities, a lot of love in my life, a lot of things going for me. Still, it's not complete. I know this is not the whole thing. There's much more.
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Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here.
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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.
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The drive for happiness is vital it's what keeps us in motion.
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I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a falling in love moment.
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One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new things I have learned for each part. I always assume that I can do it.
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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.
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It's human nature - we want to believe our children, our families, our President!
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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.
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I've always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You're not this or that, no one is.
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