Mandy Patinkin Quotes
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I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.
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The real world is far more hellish for all us than any fictional representation of it.
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
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I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.
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I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
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One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.
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When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.
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I always sang at temple growing up. I got a good reaction from Mrs. Goldberg and Mrs. Rosenbaum and the other old ladies.
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I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.
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It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.
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Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.