Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know. |
I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable. |
I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30. |
I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave. |
In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters. |
All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least. |
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love. |
My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy. |
Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality. |
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. |
I cry every chance I get. |
There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there. |
In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind. |
Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human. |
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things. |
The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested. |
I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist. |
Billions of people don't practice a religion at all. |
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character. |
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection. |