“People who go into the arts are often hurt people. Many are manic-depressive. Some have tried suicide and some have succeeded. It's just part of the game. We are people who are oversensitive. That's why we're in this business, because of our need to communicate.” PeopleNeedsArtGamesHurtSuicideCommunicateManicDepressive Author:Mandy Patinkin
“There two other areas that are personally deeply important to me, that I hope the Homeland show can attend to in some way - one, being the refugee crisis. These are the most vulnerable people among us in the world. There are over 60 million refugees displaced by war, over 21 million that go to a third country. The numbers are climbing, and there are no legal options for these people. These are the victims of the real world's crises that the Homeland world reflects on, and almost takes a Polaroid of these days, versus a fictional tale of it.” PeopleWorldImportantWarRealCountryCrisisVictimVulnerableReal WorldRefugee Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I hope that something can be done in our piece that reflects on the attention that needs to be paid to the most vulnerable people, like refugees in the world right now, that have to not be politicized, but saved, literally.” PeopleWorldDoneAttentionVulnerableRefugee Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.” PeopleI CanDo The Best Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.” PeopleWantSongProcess Author:Mandy Patinkin
“I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.” PeopleProblemViolenceHorribleNo Problem 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
“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
“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'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
“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
