Richard Gere
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gereis an American actor and humanitarian activist. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Runaway Bride, Arbitrage and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 August 1949
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
The secret of my success is my hairspray.
I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.
On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.
If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people.
I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.
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 have to admit, a manicured look works for me.
Julia [Roberts]. She's got two kids and animals, and I think she's a night nibbler. There'd be crumbs everywhere.
I 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."
If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.
It was important for me to have a partner who was ballsy.
When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.
Relationships are like sharks. They've got to keep going into deeper, colder water, sometimes scarier, darker territories ... to stay alive.
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.