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
chancellor courses dropping good kept loved time
But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.
advance change halfway mind politics quite shakespeare singing songs stuff throw until
I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.
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.
musical
I didn't think of myself as a singer. I'm an actor who recites words, and sometimes that happens to be on musical notes.
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.
face hear life wipe work
If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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.
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.
concert favorite singing stage
Singing on the concert stage is the freest form, my favorite thing in the world,
love tom
The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
books everywhere influences travel
And all of those things: my religion, my politics, my family, my friends, the books I read, everywhere I travel - that influences everything I do.
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.
musical world theater
Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.