Richard Gere Quotes

Acting is what I do with who I am.

My job always is to play a person, not to judge her.

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I want to have fun and just keep working. That's all I really care about.

You have to find out how to become the character.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am.

I'm not really an impersonator.

I choose roles that are not me.

I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.

Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

I guess a lot of people don't realise, but I'm always playing a character when I'm working. When you're always having people's images projected on you, who 'Daria' is as a person sort of disappears.

I play grizzlys, but I'm not a grizzly. I'm a song-and-dance man.

Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.

I'm an actor, and I don't judge my parts.

Going to drama school was the start of my journey of discovery and getting to know myself.

At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.

When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.

I've always been somebody on a journey of discovery.