If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.
Richard GereI don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.
Richard GereWhen you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
Richard GereI always remember what Bob Dylan said in that [Martin] Scorsese documentary on him. When he was asked about Joan Baez's complaints about the way he treated her when they were together, Dylan laughed and said, "It's impossible to be in love and wise at the same time."
Richard GereHis Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!'
Richard Gere