Jon Hamm Quotes

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

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male

Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated.

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.

Part of being an adult is treating women like women.

I'm painfully aware of my surroundings at all times.

Some boys are particular about how they look. I'm not.

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.

Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad.

I think pets are great. They're better than kids, that's for sure.

I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot.

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

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.

The great thing about getting older is living life.

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.

Time moves on. You can't go back in time. Everything has a consequence, and the last episode of the last season is no exception.

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

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.

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

For most people, the authentic things are relationships, friends, and family.

You have to have a hell of a lot of confidence in what you're doing.

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

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles.

I think that we live in a moment in time where people have a lot of information about a lot of people kind of instantly, but it's all sort of surface information and it doesn't really mean anything.

Struggle is part of the journey.

It's nice, when the lights come up at the end of the movie, to not be like, "What did I just watch?"

It's funny when guys don't like to talk about makeup. I'm like, "You know you're wearing makeup, right? We all are."

I'm a huge fan of television, and it's a really good time to be a fan of television, because there's so much good stuff out there. In every genre, really.

When I was a little kid, I kind of liked the commercials more than a lot of the stuff on TV. My favorite ones were the Miller Lite ads with all the jocks in them. "Tastes great, less filling."

People care enough to write blogs and reviews and things, which is nice.

In this ridiculously polarized, obstructionist world, the operating principle should be, Let's get something done. Not, Let's freeze everything.

Any time you're making a movie, all you want to do is reduce the variables of things that could possibly go wrong. I think that's why we work with the same people over and over again.

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.

I've been surrounded by dogs my whole life. I got a golden retriever a year after I was born.

I've always had weird hair, and it's never looked good.