I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people. Mandy Patinkin More Quotes by Mandy Patinkin More Quotes From 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-writerswritingbelieve Everything I experience influences everything I do. Mandy Patinkin experienceinfluence Our actions are the ground we walk on. Mandy Patinkin our-actionswalksaction I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can. Mandy Patinkin do-the-besti-canpeople 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 girleyeblessed Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world. Mandy Patinkin theatermusicalworld I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them. Mandy Patinkin wantsongpeople 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 luckytryingworld 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-womengreat-menmen 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 doneattentionpeople If you're sick, watch funny movies. Mandy Patinkin sickifswatches No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me. Mandy Patinkin crapbeats 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 kingsbelievejesus Comparison leads to violence. Mandy Patinkin comparisonviolence It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger. Mandy Patinkin hungerballsgames Who is the bad guy? Is America possibly the bad guy? Mandy Patinkin bad-guysguyamerica 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 ungratefulcareersblessed Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words. Mandy Patinkin musicallanguageneeds 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 suicidehurtart
