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Rose Weissman wont stop.
You thought being threatened over a herring lunch in Brighton Beach would bring her burgeoning matchmaker empire down?
Its easy to quit, but dont.
Marin Hinkle, who has deftly portrayed Rose and worn hundreds of fashionable hats throughout fourMrs.
We also discussed her different relationships to Rose, mobsters, and Americas sweetheart,Tony Shalhoub.
I kept thinking about that quote because it relates to Rose so much.
How so?I auditioned a lot for this role.
Its a hard business as a woman at a certain age.
I had to smash through a lot of stuff to get it.
I went to costume shops in Los Angeles and donned wigs and dresses.
But I never believed I was very close to being Rose.
In real life, I dress so disheveled.
Im a mom of a teenage boy.
Nothing within me understands the presentation of Rose.
So its like thatJeopardy!guy said; I never thought Id get the role.
Theres a connection when women get to regroup where their heads are.
I felt very connected to that particular journey.
I feel that redefinition happened a lot with Rose this season.
Trust me, actors do not think that all the time.
I sat there with my jaw dropped because I wasnt given too much time to memorize the scene.
I also wasnt able to get any videotape of Rachel doing that stand-up routine.
When we shot it, Rachel was so generous.
She held me and played, like, a mother to me, frankly.
Im a theater actor, but Ive never done comedy acts.
Ive never been that scared.
You couldve asked me, with a closed set, to be naked, and that wouldve been easier.
A public stand-up act playing somebody else?
I did love that Rose got to talk about sex acts and how her son masturbates.
Rose has this magic element to her.
Even if I felt like my lipstick didnt look good, and I kept sweating!
It was really wonderful to hear Rose saydickandcrotchin front of hundreds of people.
We had to do a few adjustments there.
I wasnt supposed to sound exactly like her, for instance.
That doesnt happen when someone is hypnotized.
Just a little homage.
When he performs, you do get locked into his eyes.
Hes very ethereal and handsome.
He has a soothing and odd voice.
Dont we all …In a way, it helped my performance.
I can see I was mad for him.
I think, similarly, Rose opened her heart.Oh, this boy, where is he taking me?
That scene outside the theater comes full circle.
It was my favorite heartfelt moment this season.
Rose is doing a road-not-taken in her life too, and it wouldnt have happened without her daughters impetus.
When we get older, we get stuck in our ways.
Shes not a sentimentalist, is she?
Maybe thats why everyone speaks so fast.
The Palladinos dont want to see that kind of sharing; they like the opposition.
Hey, in our fields as writers and actors, weve got to be crazy-courageous.
Theres so little work at times, and were fighting constantly.
There isnt anything to sit back and rest on.
Theres never any rest for the artists!
Can I talk about my love of Tony Shalhoub for a second?
Only if I can also talk aboutmylove of Tony Shalhoub for a second.Hes a real chameleon.
Tony knows how to find childlike joy in all of his characters.
I wish Rose and Abe got to wear matching his-and-hers opera capes.
That didnt make it in, did it?
It goes like this: Rose gives him the cape gift, and this giant box gets opened.
We had to work really hard so he could lift up the cape and put it around his shoulders.
The two of us were dancing with this cape!
It was like when they danced in Paris but with capes.
It was a lovely callback.
Id love to know everything about filming that matchmaker power-lunch scene.
And then when I saw that Rose stood up to her characters aggressiveness?
Hell, shes the godfather of it all.
I watchedThe Godfatherto get into the spirit of it.
I have a few off-camera photo moments of all of us matchmakers.
Its one of my most precious visual memories.
Rose is wearing a suit and pants, which she never gets to wear.
It helped me feel powerful.
Rose thought she was attending the Small Business Womens Council!
I felt the awe of those women and responded as naturally as Rose would.
I had to realize,I belong here too.
As does Rose.So yes, it was very hard not to break.
I love watching Amy watch us do stuff.
We didnt even rehearse.
How bloody should we expect this matchmaker war to be next season?Everyone is so secretive to me.
I want to call Kellys agent and be like, Hello, is Kelly coming back?
And for how long?This looks like this could be a very rich story.
Its odd and peculiar but grounded in reality for the time period.
Not exactly aGodfatherending, but its so funny.
