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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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" 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.' "

Jon Hamm

Surgeon

Talk

Want

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

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

Jon Hamm

Superhero

Gay

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

Jon Hamm

Desire

Funny

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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

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

Jon Hamm

Funny

Good

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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