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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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" 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. "

Jon Hamm

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Life

Live

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

" I could listen to Lorne Michaels tell stories for a hundred years. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation. "

Jon Hamm

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Good

" 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. "

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

" Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I'm not gay, and I'm not a superhero. "

Jon Hamm

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Gay

" 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

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

" 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. "

" When I was a student at Mizzou, I was a daycare teacher. I did it because was a latchkey kid. "

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

" I've always been a fan of advertising, I've always been a fan of television, I've loved commercials, I've loved all the jingles, I loved all the stuff. "

" I always say I make the movies where people go, 'Hey, I never saw it, but when I finally did, I really liked it.' People saw 'Baby Driver,' though. I was pleased with that. "

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

Jon Hamm

Desire

Funny

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 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. "