Richard Gere on Emory, Tibet and shyness

From a couple of flirtatious reporters at Washington's POLITICO:

"Who would have guessed that a man who makes a living on the big screen would actually be camera shy?

"Richard Gere proved he can get as nervous in front of the lens as the rest of us when POLITICO spoke with him at an Emory University-hosted reception at the Mayflower Hotel on Friday, where he was on a panel discussing the connection between science and spirituality.

'"This is scary,' the star once voted the 'sexiest man alive' said when he came face to face with a flip-cam."