Daily Inspiration Quote by Rene Auberjonois

Burnout has a polite smile in Rene Auberjonois's voice here. After "about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine", he pivots, almost breezily, to "Theatrical Jazz" a phrase that doubles as a mission statement and an escape hatch. The intent is practical: stop treating the actor like a living DVD commentary track and remind the room he has more to offer than backstage trivia. But the subtext is sharper: fandom can flatten an artist into a single role, even when that role is beloved, and even when the actor is game.

Calling it "Theatrical Jazz" is the clever move. Jazz suggests improvisation, risk, and a live-wire relationship with an audience. Theater suggests craft, text, tradition. Put together, it sells the idea as both playful and serious, a curated variety set that sidesteps the nostalgia economy without scolding anyone for wanting it. "Bits and pieces" signals collage rather than canon: no one is being asked to sit through a lecture; they're being invited into a tastefully rowdy sampler platter of "plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like."

The repeated casualness "we do this thing", "stuff", "It's fun" reads like humility, but it also functions as permission. He's reframing the convention circuit from a shrine to a stage. The line quietly argues that the best way to honor a science fiction past isn't to endlessly explain it; it's to keep performing, keep playing, keep making something new in front of people who showed up for the old.