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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
Mandy Patinkin
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Mandy Patinkin
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 30
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
Mandel Bruce Patinkin
Mandy Bruce Patinkin
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Violence
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This is unbearable how I talk.
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I think we all lose in the end because we don't get to stay here forever.
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Comparison leads to violence.
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