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
belong love newspapers performance reflected watch whatever
I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.
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.
people
I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.
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!
along came musical somebody
If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.
life
I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
guess life
I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
concert favorite singing stage
Singing on the concert stage is the freest form, my favorite thing in the world,
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.
I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
center life music
Music is my balance... center of my life.
isaac israel peace safer
Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.