The 'Lyrically Driven' Mandy Patinkin Discusses Sondheim, Homeland, Hollywood Blunders & More

Mandy Patinkin is a man of many talents. Musical theater? He’s a Tony Award winner. Television? He has an Emmy and is currently featured in one of TV's biggest dramas. Film? We’re still quoting his immortal words from The Princess Bride. Model trains? He’s mastered that, too. But one thing the stage and screen star does not do is read music. “I’m a lyrically driven person,” he explained to Bob Simon on 60 Minutes on November 16. “I am not a musically driven person. That’s why I love Sondheim, that’s why I love Shakespeare…they’re storytellers.” And yet that doesn’t stop him from singing Sondheim staples while strolling through the park (no, really, cut to 8:05. It’s apparently his favorite pastime). Take a look at the in-depth profile below, in which he discusses his intensity as a performer, biggest blunders and more.