Mandy Patinkin Quotes
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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I think Bill Finn's one of the geniuses of theatre, and James Lapine's one of the diamonds of my generation. The two together are a joy!
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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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Music is my balance... center of my life.
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I didn't think of myself as a singer. I'm an actor who recites words, and sometimes that happens to be on musical notes.
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Our actions are the ground we walk on.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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As a young man, I think I was in a bit of the revenge business for too many years of my life.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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My favorite word was a word James Lapine used repeatedly in 'Sunday in the Park with George,' which was the word 'connect.' All I want to do is connect.
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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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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.
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If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.
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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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I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
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I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.
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During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.
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No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.
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We must not allow the horrific actions of madmen to cut us off from our humanity.
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If you're sick, watch funny movies.