“We know people who will always have an excuse not to do the right thing. If people are suffering, you help,”

Since Richard Gere announced that he left the United States to settle in Spain with his wife, Galician Alejandra Silva, and the two children of the couple; It has become one of the most visible faces within the world of social activism. Marriage has been seen in recent months for various beneficial events, collaborating with different organizations and supporting numerous causes.

An activity that has earned them more than one criticism, because there are those who do not understand that the actor, given his vast fortune, dedicates himself to appear as a face of certain campaigns and even urge others to collaborate when he, allegedly, has the money to do so.

Criticisms to which the unforgettable protagonist of cinema classics as Pretty Woman or Caballero ignores, as he has assured in an in -depth interview in the goal with Ana Pastor, in which the actor makes it clear that the comments do not matter, the important thing is to “do the right thing.”

The journalist asked the actor if criticism about him is concerned, a person with his status, actively collaborating on social causes: “It doesn’t matter. It is not so difficult for us to do the right thing,” said the actor.

“If you don’t want to do the right thing, you can have many excuses. We know people who will always have an excuse not to do the right thing. If people are suffering, you help,” he says. “People know that there are migrants and refugees trying to escape terrible situations.”

The actor remembers what made him begin with his collaboration with organizations, especially those without enough resources. Thus he began working with the Spanish NGO Open Arms, a relationship that began eight years ago after his wife, who was already collaborating with them, told him about the organization’s work while they were in Barcelona during a film festival.

The actor has put his efforts to help the organization of rescue of people in the Mediterranean Sea, a waters that, as the founder of the NGO has denounced, Òscar Camps, have become a “common grave” of thousands of people trying to reach Europe fleeing conflicts and extreme poverty.

“I see in these dark times these NGOs that do it with responsibility and heart. There is a problem. Let’s do something. We have the resources, we have food. We have medical attention. We all have enough arms to hug people. We have enough. We can do it if we stay together.”