Mandy Patinkin Quotes
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Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.
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I just want other people to know the kind of joy that I have in my life. I want other people to be able to have fun.
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.
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Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.
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I'm Jewish and I can sing and I'm alive.
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My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.
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There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.
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It's pretty early out here in L.A., but I can guarantee it will happen today, I sure am lucky. It's better than NOT having it.
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My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have two incredible children. I can't believe that I've been so blessed. I've had a career that is way past anything that I've ever dreamed. I get to work in all these different areas with such extraordinary people on every level.
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If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.
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You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.
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If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.
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But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.
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I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.
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I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.
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I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.
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Everything I experience influences everything I do.
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Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.
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My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.
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I did not grow up singing Yiddish.