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.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

I had a friend in the neighborhood whose father had Playboy magazines, and we would go over and look at them. I remember cutting out pictures and hiding them in my room.

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.

Shooting in New York can be a problem... I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.