Mandy Patinkin

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

“Kindness is everything. It's the only thing that matters.”

“I've been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.”

“When you have a voice, you have a responsibility to use it.”

“The greatest gift you can give another human being is your vulnerability.”

“Even in the darkest of times, there's always a song.”

“I'm not a religious person. But I do believe in the goodness of people.”

“You can't be a storyteller and not reflect the world you live in.”

“What's the point of being an actor if you can't be a human being?”

“The work is the prayer. The work is the thing that will see you through.”

“Refugees are not a threat. They are a gift.”

“I'm not interested in being a celebrity. I'm interested in being a storyteller.”

“For me, the most important thing is to be real.”

“I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid sausage.”

“Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.”

“The reason I do this is for the connection. For the human connection.”

“You have to take a stand for what you believe in, and you have to be willing to lose everything.”

“The joy of my life is being a father and a grandfather.”

“I love the theater. It's the only place I feel truly at home.”

“I've never been a fan of the 'less is more' school of acting.”