“It's pretty early out here in L. A., but I can guarantee it will happen today, I sure am lucky. It's better than NOT having it.”

— Mandy Patinkin

Lawrence.com, "Man of a thousand faces" http://www.lawrence.com/news/2005/apr/07/mandypatinkin/ (2005-04-07)
on being faced with a fan giving him the Inigo Montoya line

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