Mad Men

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”

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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”

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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”

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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,”

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Cruz argues that Mad Men is psychologically perceptive because it is about lying, both in advertising and in how people see themselves.

“It's also about people lying to themselves and each other about who they are, who we are”

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Poniewozik says he has rewatched Mad Men more than any other show in the top of the list, four or five times in full.

“I've watched this show probably more times than anything on the top of this list”

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Slattery says he sometimes asks himself what Hamm would do because Hamm is good at most everything.

“sometimes I actually think, what would Ham do? Like in a certain situation or whatever, because he's just, he is good at most everything he does”

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