Jon Hamm

Hamm says someone counted roughly 80 cigarettes smoked by him in the Mad Men pilot.

“somebody watched the pilot just to watch how many cigarettes I smoke. And I think it was something like 80 in a one hour pilot”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 41:38

Hamm believes Don Draper returns to advertising, finds peace, and reconnects with his children.

“I think he goes back. He is a successful advertising executive and I think he finds happiness and peace. I think he connects with his children”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 40:49

Hamm says he felt enormous pressure not to ruin the ending of the series.

“the responsibility of like, don't fuck this up. You can fuck anything else up, but you cannot fuck this up”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 36:33

Hamm relays Matthew Weiner's view that the characters should end the series only slightly better.

“people to realize that the characters are, are going to be just a little bit better at the end, just a little bit,”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 33:50

Hamm says the halftime show reminded people that togetherness and joy are valuable.

“Remind everybody that maybe together is a little better than siloed and apart and that joy is kind of great”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:14

Hamm says he and his wife discovered Bad Bunny around 2018 before he was played on U.S. reggaeton radio.

“This is like 2018. He wasn't even played on the reggaeton stations in LA or New York”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:36

Hamm praises Shoresy for depicting women, many of them Indigenous, as those in power without making a point of it.

“And it's a tremendous show because it highlights most of the people in power that are running things are women”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:17

Hamm credits Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels with opening comedy roles to him.

“Tina, I credit Tina along with Lorne for allowing me to be in comedies”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 56:29

Hamm says he is highly self-reliant and has been on his own for a long time, sometimes to a fault.

“I've been On my own in one way or another for a very long time. So I am very self-dependent”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 52:27

Hamm explains that award winners had to pay to charity to enter the Loser's Lounge party.

“if you wanted to come and you were a winner and you had a statue in your hand, you had to pay”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 43:24

Hamm recounts that in the year he landed Mad Men he had tested at the network for seven different projects.

“I was the other guy in everything. And in fact, the year I got Mad Men, I had tested, when we used to do that, seven times”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 28:11

Hamm says there is never a good time to lose a parent, having lost his mother at 10 and father at 20.

“There's never a good time to lose a parent. It stinks. It just does. I lost my mom when I was 10, my dad when I was 20”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 24:00

Hamm says professional athletics demands constant training, so one must truly love the sport.

“It's 24-7, even in the off-season. You're training, you're training, you're training. So you better love it”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 20:25