“Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.”

American actor and singer

Mandel Bruce Patinkin, known as Mandy Patinkin, is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. He has worked across stage and screen, with a career that includes Broadway performances. On Broadway, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His work is best known for connecting acting and singing across several forms of performance, especially in musical theatre.