Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater. – Mandy Patinkin
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. – Mandy Patinkin
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
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
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
There’s something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world. – Mandy Patinkin
I’m on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we’ve never been closer. – 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 can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we’re here. – Mandy Patinkin
Well, I’m not a critic, I’m just a worker. So, I’m always grateful for anything the critics say – good or bad. – Mandy Patinkin
Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all. – Mandy Patinkin
The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do ‘Criminal Minds’ in the first place. – Mandy Patinkin
We did a different show every night. We’d open a show, and then two weeks later we’d open the next show. And two weeks later we’d open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I’d ever had in my theatrical life. – Mandy Patinkin
I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life. – Mandy Patinkin
