Richard Gere beyond the widescreen

As i was driving i listened to part of an interview on NPR of Richard Gere, by Terry Gross. Mindblowing. She asked him how he dealt with fame, and if his Buddhist studies have helped him with that. He responded that he had met the Dalai Lama, and talking about being famous, "he knows what it is to be a public person. No one - n o o n e - likes the lack of privacy that comes with fame. But as I met the Dalai Lama, i learned from him that every single encounter with others is an opportunity given to us to leave a mark." E-v-e-r-y s-i-n-g-l-e e-n-c-o-u-n-t-e-r... that gave me a LOT to ponder.