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

Mandy Patinkin

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Mandy Patinkin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 30
Actor
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Chicago
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Mandel Bruce Patinkin
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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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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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Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.
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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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I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.
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No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.
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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.
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This is unbearable how I talk.
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