Mandy Patinkin Quotes
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I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.
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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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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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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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Music is my balance... center of my life.
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Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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Our actions are the ground we walk on.
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I haven't a clue what's going to happen next, and I can't wait to find out.
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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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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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If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.
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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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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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I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.
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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.
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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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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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No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.
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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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We did a different show every night. We'd open a show, and then two weeks later we'd open the next show. And two weeks later we'd open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I'd ever had in my theatrical life.
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.