I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.

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

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

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

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.

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.