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

Mandy Patinkin

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Mandy Patinkin
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 30
Actor
Director
Film Actor
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Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
Mandel Bruce Patinkin
Mandy Bruce Patinkin
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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 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.
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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.
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I have no idea what's coming next or where it will come from I enjoy the surprise of it all.
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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.
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There's not a lot of money in revenge.
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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.
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All great men usually are awakened by the great women in their lives. No matter what friction is there, if that relationship was there, that usually is their best friend, at the end of the day.
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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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The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes.
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Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.
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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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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.
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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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I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.
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Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive!
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Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, Attention must be paid. It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth.
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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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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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