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Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.

Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!

I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes.

The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.

I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: The great love of my life is music.

The great love of my life is music.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.

I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.

I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: If you're sick, watch funny movies.

If you're sick, watch funny movies.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: This is unbearable how I talk.

This is unbearable how I talk.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.

My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.

I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.

If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'

I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'

Mandy Patinkin quotes: My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Everything I experience influences everything I do.

Everything I experience influences everything I do.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.

Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.

The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.

So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I FEEL THE MOST ALIVE WHEN I'M SINGING. I ALSO GET TO BE THE MAIL MAN FOR SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LYRICS EVER WRITTEN.

I FEEL THE MOST ALIVE WHEN I'M SINGING. I ALSO GET TO BE THE MAIL MAN FOR SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LYRICS EVER WRITTEN.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.

Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.

Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm Jewish and I can sing and I'm alive.

I'm Jewish and I can sing and I'm alive.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: There's not a lot of money in revenge.

There's not a lot of money in revenge.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Comparison leads to violence.

Comparison leads to violence.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.

I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS COMING NEXT OR WHERE IT WILL COME FROM; I ENJOY THE SURPRISE OF IT ALL.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS COMING NEXT OR WHERE IT WILL COME FROM; I ENJOY THE SURPRISE OF IT ALL.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger ...

It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger ...

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Music is my balance ... center of my life.

Music is my balance ... center of my life.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I think we all lose in the end because we don't get to stay here forever.

I think we all lose in the end because we don't get to stay here forever.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.

I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive!

Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive!

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Who is the bad guy? Is America possibly the bad guy?

Who is the bad guy? Is America possibly the bad guy?

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!

I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.

I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.

I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.

The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Our actions are the ground we walk on.

Our actions are the ground we walk on.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: My life exists in an imagined reality.

My life exists in an imagined reality.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: 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.

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.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

Mandy Patinkin quotes: Everyone's entitled to their own experience.

Everyone's entitled to their own experience.