Mandy Patinkin

I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!

— Mandy Patinkin

Who is the bad guy? Is America possibly the bad guy?

— Mandy Patinkin

I did not grow up singing Yiddish.

— Mandy Patinkin

Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.

— Mandy Patinkin

I'm in a constant state of gratitude.

— Mandy Patinkin

Music is my balance... center of my life.

— Mandy Patinkin

My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

— Mandy Patinkin

Comparison leads to violence.

— Mandy Patinkin

I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.

— Mandy Patinkin

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

— Mandy Patinkin

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

— Mandy Patinkin

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

— Mandy Patinkin

I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real…

— Mandy Patinkin

I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

— Mandy Patinkin

It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger.

— Mandy Patinkin

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

— Mandy Patinkin

I just want other people to know the kind of joy that I have in my life. I want other people to…

— Mandy Patinkin

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back,…

— Mandy Patinkin

Ted Cruz ,when he was running for president, was a huge 'Princess Bride' fan. He would quote the lines and, you know,…

— Mandy Patinkin

My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a…

— Mandy Patinkin

I want to protect everyone in the world, and I believe the way to protect them is to stop the killing universally.…

— Mandy Patinkin

It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we…

— Mandy Patinkin

I feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful…

— Mandy Patinkin

I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that…

— Mandy Patinkin

Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are…

— Mandy Patinkin

I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form…

— Mandy Patinkin

My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have…

— Mandy Patinkin

My sense of religion is Einstein's sense of relativity. I don't believe in God. I believe that energy never dies. So the…

— Mandy Patinkin

If you live close to an International Rescue Committee office in the United States, find out how you can assist a refugee…

— Mandy Patinkin

Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very…

— Mandy Patinkin

People who go into the arts are often hurt people. Many are manic-depressive. Some have tried suicide and some have succeeded. It's…

— Mandy Patinkin

In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said…

— Mandy Patinkin

There two other areas that are personally deeply important to me, that I hope the Homeland show can attend to in some…

— Mandy Patinkin

Everything I experience influences everything I do.

— Mandy Patinkin

I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.

— Mandy Patinkin

My life exists in an imagined reality.

— Mandy Patinkin

There's not a lot of money in revenge.

— Mandy Patinkin

If you're sick, watch funny movies.

— Mandy Patinkin

I'm Jewish and I can sing and I'm alive.

— Mandy Patinkin

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

— Mandy Patinkin