Richard Gere: I thank the Egyptians for the warmth of their feelings and I promise to come back again

The American star Richard Gere expressed his happiness visiting Egypt and being honored in Cairo International Film Festival also the hospitality he received by the Egyptians and the warmth of their feelings specially that he came to Egypt with his wife and his son who is 10 years old to enjoy its wonderful residence and to watch its immortal monuments pointing that Cairo Festival is so remarkable and contains a lot of different cultures.

Gere expressed in the press conference that took place on the context of Cairo international Film Festival and was attended by the festival president Mr Ezat Abou Ouff and managed by the beautiful artist Dalia Elbehairy that he is so thankful to the Egyptians and the audience of the opening ceremony for their warm welcome for him and he added joking: “my son told me when I came back from the ceremony that my pockets were torn”

The American star made a violent attack against previous American president George Bush junior and he described him that he has a weak personality as he involved the United States in invading Iraq for some flimsy reasons expressing his sorrow for the ruination that took place in Iraq wishing that Iraqis can rebuild their country one more time.

And regarding his visit to the Palestinian city (Ram Allah) he said: “it was a very remarkable visit specially that it took place when the city was supposed to be having a curfew and I was advised by my friends not to go there for their fear for my life but I decided that I will go and complete my journey to discover that Palestinians are wonderful and good people.”

Richard Gere pointed that he doesn’t prefer working in theatres as it derives him from staying with his son and sharing him beautiful moments explaining that the feeling of fatherhood added a lot to his life.

The handsome star revealed that he began his career path as a dancer and musician and thathe was supposed to complete as a musician before taking acting as a profession but the moment of transfer was when he was 19 years old during his study in the university when he received a call informing him that he succeeded in the acting test he made, but he assured that he didn’t get separated from music at all despite of his being busy with acting and that all of that get in favor to his mother who supported him to learn music and that he presented because of her a number of music work but he said that his happiness is still bigger when he plays at home.