Mandy Patinkin Quotes
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.
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I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then put it away and wait until I've gotten more thoughts on it or get sure exactly how to approach it.
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Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.
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In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.
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Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
