Mandy Patinkin Professions : Actor Born : November 30, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 93 quotes by Mandy Patinkin 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 gifted-writers writing believe Everything I experience influences everything I do. Mandy Patinkin experience influence Our actions are the ground we walk on. Mandy Patinkin our-actions walks action I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can. Mandy Patinkin do-the-best i-can people 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. Mandy Patinkin girl eye blessed Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world. Mandy Patinkin theater musical world I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them. Mandy Patinkin want song people I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always. Mandy Patinkin lucky trying world 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. Mandy Patinkin great-women great-men men 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. Mandy Patinkin done attention people If you're sick, watch funny movies. Mandy Patinkin sick ifs watches No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me. Mandy Patinkin crap beats My sense of religion is Einstein's sense of relativity. I don't believe in God. I believe that energy never dies. So the possibility exists that you might be breathing in some other form of Moses or Buddha or Muhammad or Bobby Kennedy or Roosevelt or Martin Luther King or Jesus. Mandy Patinkin kings believe jesus Comparison leads to violence. Mandy Patinkin comparison violence It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger. Mandy Patinkin hunger balls games Who is the bad guy? Is America possibly the bad guy? Mandy Patinkin bad-guys guy america 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 ungrateful careers blessed Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words. Mandy Patinkin musical language needs My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on. Mandy Patinkin dream 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. Mandy Patinkin suicide hurt art Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
