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Credits: BBC
Do you enjoy the fashion?
I never
really wore suits before this. It does look amazing. The thing is, now
when I go to get a suit fitted, or I go to pick out a shirt, I am
looking for a suit that really fits. I am so used to being strapped in
on set, so if it is not tailored I feel like it is wearing me.
I
have learned a lot about fashion on this show and Janie Bryant is a
true artist. She is a perfectionist and has helped define our
characters and the story
Is it true that you have to shave three to four times a day?
I
think Jon Hamm has to shave three to four times a day. I have to shave
twice a day. I will shave in the morning and, if I have a long day,
then 10 to 12 hours later I will shave again.
Does it feel like you live in the Sixties when you get on set everyday?
Well
I think this show in general is about insight into where we are now.
Part of it is about comparing and contrasting how we have changed or
not and how the human drama stays consistent no matter what generation
we are in.
That being said, if you are going to look
at the Sixties and the 21st century, there are definitely things that
you can take from this show. Some things are tongue-in-cheek and some
things are more profound, but I don't get to set and feel like we are
in 1960 because I have an iPhone in my pocket.
Do you crack each other up between takes?
Well,
everyone is funny in a different way. John Slattery and Jon Hamm have a
great back and forth thing going on. So when they are together everyone
just kind of shuts up and listens.
Cinematically were you amazed when you first watched the first episode?
I
have a lot of respect for the people who work behind the camera on this
show. I thought each one of these shots probably took all day to film
but, no, you just don't have that luxury in television. It is seven to
eight pages a day and you are shooting a scene in two takes.
To
get all of the richness we get on Mad Men is really amazing on the
schedule. I am blown away by that work, they are amazing.
It is great you all get along so well with the long hours.
I
don't have long hours. I think Jon Hamm works his ass off and January
and Elisabeth too. My hours are pretty great. It is a pretty lax
schedule. I try not to gloat too much as I skip off at 2pm after
starting at noon.
What do you do in your free time?
Nothing. Just lay around. Pretty uneventful. I Google strange sentences.
What do you watch?
I
watch a lot of news, finance and nature programmes. I watched The Wire,
Californication and, sometimes, Dexter. I watch things that people turn
me on to like 30 Rock and The Office. I think both of those are really
funny.
The English version of The Office is great too.
I saw it years ago when I was flying over to London and they had a
Christmas special on the plane. I ordered it because it was the top on
Virgin favorites. I was blown away, so I watched three more episodes on
the plane and, the second I got back to the States, I found the DVD.
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