Rene Auberjonois

The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered.

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.

I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.