I don’t want this day to end.
Ambition is a dangerous tool. I still don’t know how to wield it properly. Somedays it helps me create really cool things, and other times it feels like I’m stabbing myself with it.
The other day I heard an interview with Mandy Patinkin on National Public Radio. Mandy is the actor who plays Saul on Homeland, a current TV series that’s been successful. He’s also very well known for his role in The Princess Bride.
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Mandy has gone through his share of setbacks.
Patinkin suffered from keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease, in the mid-1990s. This led to two corneal transplants, his right cornea in 1997 and his left in 1998. He also was diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer in 2004.
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I enjoyed his perspective on ambition.
When I’m on the Homeland set, and I’m the oldest guy there. I’m so...