mandy patinkin homeland S2 premiere NYC Mandy Patinkin: Criminal Minds was destructive to my soulAs a CIA chief on Showtime’s critically acclaimed terrorist thriller “Homeland,” Mandy Patinkin sees his share of violence.

But it’s got nothing on his two-season stint on CBS’ “Criminal Minds,” which he tells New York magazine is one of his greatest career regrets.

“The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do ‘Criminal Minds’ in the first place,” said