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" I don't need to be married, but I feel married. "
Jon Hamm
Married
Feel
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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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Teenagers
" My mother and I lived in an apartment complex in a neighborhood. So there was a gaggle of kids. Every day after school, we'd just meet up in a field, and some game would be chosen, Wiffle ball or tag, and you'd play that until the streetlights came on. "
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You
Game
Mother
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
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Rain
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
Been
Women
Relationship
" 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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Surgeon
Talk
Want
" I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways. "
Jon Hamm
Color
Jewelry
Life
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
Attention
Kind
Actor
" 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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Me
People
Children
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
World
Yourself
Live
" I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar. "
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Tom
Wanted
Never
" I'm a big dog fan. They're the best. They make life better, although they're hard to deal with. But complications in life are actually what make it fun. "
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Fun
Hard
Life
" Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important. "
Jon Hamm
Attention
Medical
Important
" I'm not gay, and I'm not a superhero. "
Jon Hamm
Superhero
Gay
" Being No. 1 on any call sheet is difficult. Being No. 1 on an episodic, hour-long drama is really hard. "
Jon Hamm
Difficult
Hard
Any
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
Running
More
Man
" I realize how talented our hair and wardrobe people are every time I have to get dressed on my own. "
Jon Hamm
Time
Hair
My Own
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
Mouth
Matter
Funny
" I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop. "
Jon Hamm
Door
Like
Stop
" I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life. "
Jon Hamm
Cheated
Life
My Life
" 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
Rage
Me
" I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life. "
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Real Life
Life
Real
" 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. "
Jon Hamm
Power
Think
Teacher
" 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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People
Negative
Positive
" I felt very comfortable playing Don Draper, because I knew that Don Draper is a character - that Dick Whitman is playing Don Draper. I felt very comfortable in that manufactured-confidence mode. He himself is manufacturing it. "
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Comfortable
Manufacturing
Character
" I was raised by a single mom. I spent most of my time in daycare. "
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Single
Time
Single Mom
" I like to laugh and have a good time rather than brood and be sullen. "
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Good
Time
Than
" Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that. "
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Ride
You
Fun
" Everyone goes through a weirdness as a young person, especially in college, when you're trying to figure things out. "
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You
Young
Trying
" If you're the handsome white guy, you tend to get cast as guys who are meant to be convincing in their jobs. What I've been fortunate enough to do, whether it's playing a certified idiot on '30 Rock' or a weirdo in 'Bridesmaids,' is play against that in a lot of ways. "
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White
Enough
You
" 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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You
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Life