“If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.” IfsOne ThingConcertsLive Concerts Author:Mandy Patinkin
“My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.” ThinkingWorldMotivationGuyBetter PlaceBad GuysGood Guy Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” IfsFeelsHandsWalksWifePerformancesWineMy WifeBottlesChillBottles Of Wine Author:Mandy Patinkin
“One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.” GivenBasesHomelandGreatest GiftsAffirming Author:Mandy Patinkin
“Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.” WarSidesMiddleEastViolentMiddle EastViolent Acts Author:Mandy Patinkin
“People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.” PeopleWorldBelieveRealShowsSidesTvsConflictReal WorldTv ShowsBoth Sides Author:Mandy Patinkin
“Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.” SingingTheaterFoundersThrillYiddish Author:Mandy Patinkin
“Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.” WorldTheaterMusicalMusical TheaterSondheim Author:Mandy Patinkin
“The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.” I CanCan DoSimpleBest Work Author:Mandy Patinkin
“When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.” PeopleAsksCome UpAsk MeConcertsCdsAutographsCookbook Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” IdeasCoursesTheatreGood IdeasDropping Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” PeopleWantOpinionDirectorsChicagoGiftedSpoiledTalk To MeDon't Talk To Me Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.” SchoolHouseSidesBoysGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolSouthAfrican AmericanTemplesChicagoListening To MusicChoirSynagogue Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” PeopleTryingYearsI CanEyeGirlGivenBoysDecidedSightBlessedOrgansDonorsDonateOrgan Donor Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” MiddleDirectorsEastBoardsMiddle EastPalestinianBoard Of Directors Author:Mandy Patinkin
“In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.” PeoplePersonsSaidNamesPrayerKnownWrittenDown AndCombinationPocketsHebrewSondheim Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” PeopleTryingPersonsQualityObligedDeliveryInterpreter Author:Mandy Patinkin
“There's not a lot of money in revenge.” MoneyRevengeLots Of MoneyPrincess BridePrinces Bride Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.” WritingBelieveLightTurnsI BelieveWishCommonDarknessGiftedCommon GroundGifted Writers Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” IfsWorldTryingLittlesBitsThis WorldLuckyLittle BitPrivilegeChecks Author:Mandy Patinkin
