Richard Gere Is My Hero (2010)

Richard Gere is My Hero is a heartwarming, character-driven romantic comedy with political undertones by Tashi Wangchuk and Tsultrim Dorjee.The story follows a group of young Tibetan friends living in Mcleod Danj, India, headquarters for the Tibetan government-in-exile. Nyima, who calls himself Richard and is a great admirer of Richard Gere for his acting and activism, has dreams of also becoming a famous actor and helping his beloved motherland. While Nyima and his friends go on whirlwind adventures through the city, a love triangle almost detours them from meeting their goal of performing in the Tibetan Youth Congress drama competition. Through the escapades of Nyima and his friends, Wangchuk and Dorjee show us how the many layers of life-including the romantic and the political-can be imitated in art.

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'Richard Gere' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Gere, Richard Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Henry & Me

  2014, role: actor , character name: Henry
• Play in Full Screen Franny

  2014, role: actor , character name: Franny
• Play in Full Screen The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee
• Play in Full Screen Movie 43

  2013, role: actor , character name: Boss
• Play in Full Screen The 85th Oscars

  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Play in Full Screen Arbitrage

  2012, role: actor , character name: Robert Miller
• Play in Full Screen Ceremonia de inauguración - 60 Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián

  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Double

  2011, role: actor , character name: Paul Shepherdson
• Play in Full Screen Celebrity Naked Ambition

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Project Happiness

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

  2010, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Journey from Zanskar

  2010, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Yankeeland: In the Shadow of the Stadium

  2010, role: editor
• Play in Full Screen When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Yankeeland: In the Shadow of the Stadium

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Buddha

  2010, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Conflict and Chaos: Brooklyn's Finest

  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Yankeeland: In the Shadow of the Stadium

  2010, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Mustang: Journey of Transformation

  2009, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Hachi: A Dog's Tale

  2009, role: actor , character name: Parker Wilson
• Play in Full Screen Amelia

  2009, role: actor , character name: George Putnam
• Play in Full Screen Brooklyn's Finest

  2009, role: actor , character name: Eddie
• Play in Full Screen Hachi: A Dog's Tale

  2009, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet

  2009, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Almost Famous II

  2009, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Los mejores momentos de 'Sé lo que hicisteis'

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Nights in Rodanthe

  2008, role: actor , character name: Dr. Paul Flanner
• Play in Full Screen Música de cine

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Out in India: A Family's Journey

  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Ceremonia de apertura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián

  2007, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen An Officer and a Gentleman: 25 Years Later

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Celebration Concert Honoring Speaker Nancy Pelosi

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Manufacturing Dissent

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Flock

  2007, role: actor , character name: Errol Babbage
• Play in Full Screen I'm Not There.

  2007, role: actor , character name: Billy
• Play in Full Screen Premio Donostia a Richard Gere

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
• Play in Full Screen One x One Gala

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Hunting Party

  2007, role: actor , character name: Simon Hunt
• Play in Full Screen Celebrating Schlesinger

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen I Love the '70s: Volume 2

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Hoax

  2006, role: actor , character name: Clifford Irving
• Play in Full Screen Emperor Zehnder

  2006, role: actor , character name: Bruno P. Zehnder
• Play in Full Screen On Life and Enlightenment: Principles of Buddhism with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Orange British Academy Film Awards

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Ending Aids: The Search for a Vaccine

  2005, role: actor , character name: Narrator

Famous quotes by Richard Gere:

"If we do this work now, we may save 10, 15 million lives. It gives you a lot of focus. I mean, how many things in your life can you do that have that kind of impact?"

"I'm totally shocked. I never win anything. And I didn't even want to do this movie!"

"What's the biggest problem here? ... Food, water?"

"People's reaction to opera the first time they hear it is extreme, ... They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don't, they may learn to love it, but it will never become part of their soul."

"To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on"

"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."

"It'd be different if he was staring somebody down with a loaded gun in his hand. But there doesn't seem to be any indications whatsoever that this man [Hussein] poses an immediate threat to anybody."

"I cry every chance I get."

"We've had too many World AIDS Days."

"Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here."

"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need."

"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."

"Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me."

"What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love."

"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."

"There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character."

"I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling."

"Billions of people don't practice a religion at all."

"All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least."

"Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know."