The time it takes to get something done is the time it takes. Mandy Patinkin More Quotes by Mandy Patinkin More Quotes From Mandy Patinkin There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world. Mandy Patinkin singing feels world I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music. Mandy Patinkin new-york drama school I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense. Mandy Patinkin intense character thinking I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon. Mandy Patinkin weapons talking war There's not a lot of money in revenge. Mandy Patinkin princess-bride money revenge 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. Mandy Patinkin quality trying people My life exists in an imagined reality. Mandy Patinkin reality Everyone's entitled to their own experience. Mandy Patinkin entitled experience This is unbearable how I talk. Mandy Patinkin unbearable Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive! Mandy Patinkin vehicle evil Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts. Mandy Patinkin class teacher art Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy. Mandy Patinkin struggle easy My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life. Mandy Patinkin bakers my-mom mom So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts. Mandy Patinkin singers actors The great love of my life is music. Mandy Patinkin love-of-my-life great-love life-is If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail. Mandy Patinkin painting details color If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table. Mandy Patinkin alive air water When I was your age, I used to treat the crust like it was just there to hold the good stuff in. I used to leave the whole back end of it on the plate. As I got older, I learned to appreciate the crust. Mandy Patinkin appreciate age stuff I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman! Mandy Patinkin i-can arguing believe 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. Mandy Patinkin prayer names people