If Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely, Does Absolute

Nixon's Genius Was That He Was Able To Portray Himself As The Toughest Of The Anti-communists, And Yet Run On A Platform That He Had A Plan To End The Vietnam War. And, Of Course, His Plan Was To Prolong It Until His Second Election - But He Didn't Tell Us That Then.

I Think The British Learn Their History Through The Prism Of This Gallery Of Grotesques Known As The Royals.

I Just Think Everyone Knows You Go On Those [political Satire] Shows If You're A Politician To, "humanize Yourself" - To Show, "hey, I Can Take A Joke." Well, Why Should Satire Be In The Service Of Humanizing These People Who Are Supposed To Be The Target Of Our Venom And Vitriol? I Think That's Unseemly.

I Happened Upon A Memoir By A Midlevel White House Staffer, And He Had Been In The Room That [nixon's Last] Night [in Office]. This Guy's Memoir Told Me What Nixon's Last Words Were. And They Were, On August 8, 1974, To The Crew: "have A Merry Christmas, Fellas!" That Was Just So Bizarre.

I Wasn't Playing Nixon's Satirical Stick Figure. I Was Playing Nixon The Man. As An Actor, I Felt I Had To Get To The Deeply Flawed Humanity Of The Guy.