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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 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. "

Jon Hamm

Marriage

Forward

Day

" It couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it. "

Jon Hamm

Marriage

" 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. "

Jon Hamm

People

Children

" I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everyone goes through a weirdness as a young person, especially in college, when you're trying to figure things out. "

" 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. "

" I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life. "

" I think having a private life that you only share with your nearest and dearest is important. Otherwise, who are you? "

" 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. "

" Being No. 1 on any call sheet is difficult. Being No. 1 on an episodic, hour-long drama is really hard. "

" I realize how talented our hair and wardrobe people are every time I have to get dressed on my own. "

" I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people. "

Jon Hamm

Desire

Funny

" 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. "

" I like to laugh and have a good time rather than brood and be sullen. "

" I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope. "

" 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. "

" I was raised by a single mom. I spent most of my time in daycare. "

" 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

Man

" 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. "

" I don't need to be married, but I feel married. "

" I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life. "

" 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

Stop

" Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important. "