Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
Mandel Bruce "Mandy" Patinkinis an American actor, tenor, voice artist, and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth30 November 1952
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
people
I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.
breath culture fascinated guides history influences informs people
I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.
classic enemy people plan summer
I plan on doing at least one classic ever year. That's why I'm going to be doing Enemy of the People this summer in Williamstown.
people directors chicago
During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.
people trying quality
When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.
prayer names people
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
cds people come-up
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.
song people want
I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
people violence problem
I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
people i-can do-the-best
I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.
attach helps work
The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
love tom
The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
eight later next richest theatrical third until weeks
We did a different show every night. We'd open a show, and then two weeks later we'd open the next show. And two weeks later we'd open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I'd ever had in my theatrical life.
I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!