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.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

I cry every chance I get.

From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is the same. We're just not aware of it.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are.

In the process of developing a character, you do, in fact, start to take him on as a personality.

Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the thing is happening just by itself, you don't need those techniques.

I have no sense of time, and I'm a dreamer.

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

I have a lot of beautiful friends.

My life is pretty simple and normal.

I think people do want to relate their entertainment to what's going on in their lives. Not everything.

There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.

Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Relationships are like sharks. They've got to keep going into deeper, colder water, sometimes scarier, darker territories ... to stay alive.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.