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" For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very. "
Jon Hamm
Mom
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" I could listen to Lorne Michaels tell stories for a hundred years. "
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" The last thing I wanted to do was play another womanizer or ladies' man or Lothario. I've taken myself out of the running for a lot of those parts, because it's just more of the same. "
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" I realize how talented our hair and wardrobe people are every time I have to get dressed on my own. "
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" I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25. "
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" I was raised by a single mother and I've been in a 10-year relationship with my girlfriend. My whole life I've been surrounded by women. "
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" Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is. "
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" Being No. 1 on any call sheet is difficult. Being No. 1 on an episodic, hour-long drama is really hard. "
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" I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for. "
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" I don't necessarily want kids. A lot of our friends are having children and I don't know if it's for me. I haven't come down hardcore on either side of the argument. I think when people come from a stable family having children becomes a celebration and I'm not sure it would be that way for me. "
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" Everyone goes through a weirdness as a young person, especially in college, when you're trying to figure things out. "
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" I drove around in a Volkswagen Rabbit I shared with one of my roommates, and it didn't have a roof. It doesn't rain much in L.A., but when it did, it was utterly miserable. "
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" I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others. "
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" I was raised by a single mom. I spent most of my time in daycare. "
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" I like to laugh and have a good time rather than brood and be sullen. "
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" Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines. "
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" Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important. "
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" I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life. "
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" We live in a world where to admit anything negative about yourself is seen as a weakness, when it's actually a strength. It's not a weak move to say, 'I need help.' In the long run, it's way better, because you have to fix it. "
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" I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life. "
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" I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means. "
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" When you're a kid, you're just not equipped to deal with some of the stuff that life brings you. It's why you have parents. And then, when you don't, there better be somebody who fills in that gap, or you're going to be rudderless for a while. "
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" This will sound funny coming out of my mouth, but I like to play characters that have an intelligence. It doesn't matter if it's a physical intelligence or emotional intelligence. "
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" Whenever people want to talk about how hard it is to be an actor, I want to go, 'Um, it's hard to be a baby-heart surgeon.' "
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" I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope. "
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" Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can't really control life - so you'd better live it while it's here. I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it. "
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" It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set. "
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" What I do is not curing cancer or rocket science or lead mining - anything tremendously difficult or world changing. I understand where I am in the cosmic order of things, and I'm OK with it. "
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" I think having a private life that you only share with your nearest and dearest is important. Otherwise, who are you? "
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" I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation. "
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