Maitre D at a nice upscale restaurant before he became a pretender,...ahhh...., actor?
Or unlike the long, long, very long list of other prior waiters/waitresses and unskilled laborers turned pretenders, does he have some form of education that is at least somewhat indicative that he understands economics, political science, world history, current events, etc., etc., etc.?
Here it is, ...decided to find out myself:
Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst (two years)
So he did a couple of years of underclass work at one of the finest liberal institutions in the nation for cheap, naturally, and then apparently dropped out to go "pretend."
http://www.eonline.com/On/Holly/Shows/Gere/bio.html
What a fulfilling existence! If people didn't go see his films where he plays "make believe", his entire existence would be a footnote!