The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can. Mandy Patinkin More Quotes by Mandy Patinkin More Quotes From Mandy Patinkin Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater. Mandy Patinkin thrillsingingtheater Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side. Mandy Patinkin eastviolent-actswar I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood. Mandy Patinkin marriedwantedfeelings I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people. Mandy Patinkin violenceproblempeople I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it. Mandy Patinkin missingwanttoday I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky. Mandy Patinkin human-conditionluckytrying I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience. Mandy Patinkin collegewantedart I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go. Mandy Patinkin influencespiritualamerica I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue. Mandy Patinkin issuesgunorganization I want to protect everyone in the world, and I believe the way to protect them is to stop the killing universally. Create opportunity and better systems of living and existing, quality of life to humanity all over the world. Mandy Patinkin humanityopportunitybelieve There two other areas that are personally deeply important to me, that I hope the Homeland show can attend to in some way - one, being the refugee crisis. These are the most vulnerable people among us in the world. There are over 60 million refugees displaced by war, over 21 million that go to a third country. The numbers are climbing, and there are no legal options for these people. These are the victims of the real world's crises that the Homeland world reflects on, and almost takes a Polaroid of these days, versus a fictional tale of it. Mandy Patinkin realwarcountry Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, "Attention must be paid." It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth. Mandy Patinkin motherfatherson Making Homeland series is not improvisational comedy theater, but it is improvisation. We might get a call that morning, while we're doing something, and the change goes in that is something that just happened an hour ago, in the world. Mandy Patinkin comedymorningworld I have no idea what's coming next or where it will come from; I enjoy the surprise of it all. Mandy Patinkin nextsurpriseideas I think we all lose in the end because we don't get to stay here forever. Mandy Patinkin endsforeverthinking Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm. Mandy Patinkin calmplaying-someoneacting I'm so sad that I'm old enough to play, and I'm so grateful that I am. All that clichéd things, you really do learn something if you get the luck of being able to hang around. Even if it's a rough ride, you learn. Mandy Patinkin gratefulluckplay I feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written. Mandy Patinkin singingbeautifulmen Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in? Mandy Patinkin freedomchancejusticepeople Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end. Mandy Patinkin facepainviolencesuffering
