>>> WOULD YOU DRAW THE LINE AT
50%?
>> I'M NOT DRAWING A LINE AT
ALL.
PR PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT
THEY CAN NEVER EXECUTE IT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT IS BEING
SAID, CHANGE THE CONVERSATION.
>>> THAT'S JON HAMM AS THE
BROODING DON DRAPER ON "MAD
MEN."
HAMM WAS STILL FINDING HIS WAY
IN HOLLYWOOD WHEN HE LANDED THE
PART THAT MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD
NAME.
THE LAST EPISODE AIRED MORE THAN
TWO YEARS AGO.
HE BEGAN LIFE AFTER DRAPER.
THIS MONTH THAT LIFE INCLUDES A
NEW MOVIE CALLED "BABY DRIVER."
JON AND I GOT TOGETHER AT THE
RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES ONLY HERE
IN NEW YORK FOR A SUNDAY
SIT-DOWN.
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. DRAPER.
>> DON, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S
YOUR CUE.
>> YOU AUDITIONED FOR THIS SHOW,
NEW SHOW CALLED "MAD MEN."
THEY MUST HAVE HAD A MILLION
PEOPLE COME IN FOR THAT LEAD
PART.
>> WELL, THEY DID AND IT WAS AT
THIS WEIRD ADVERTISING AGENCY
PLACE, IT'S ME AND LIKE A
16-YEAR-OLD KID AND I WAS LIKE,
AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I WAS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU HERE
FOR?
HE WAS LIKE TOOTHPASTE AD.
I WAS LIKE OKAY.
I NEVER MET THE CASTING
DIRECTOR.
READ THROUGH THE THING AND
HALFWAY THROUGH SHE PUTS HER
PAPER DOWN AND STARTS LOOKING AT
ME.
I WAS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON?
SHE WAS LIKE CAN YOU WAIT?
I WAS LIKE, YEAH.
>> FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD JON
HAMM WAS DON DRAPER.
OVER SEVEN SEASONS HE WON TWO
GOLDEN GLOBES AND AN EMMY
PLAYING THE DARK, DRINKING,
SMOKING, WOMANIZER '60s ERA AD
EXECUTIVE.
>> YOU NEVER SAY THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR.
>> WAS IT EVER HARD FOR YOU
INHABITING THAT GUY ALL THOSE
YEARS, THE DARKNESS THAT HE
CARRIED AROUND WITH HIM?
>> IT'S A DRAG, PRETENDING TO BE
SOMEBODY THAT'S SO BUMMED OUT
ALL THE TIME.
>> DID YOU HAVE A STRATEGY
COMING OUT OF "MAD MEN"?
>> I DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE A
STRATEGY.
THE ONLY THING I KIND OF KNEW I
DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS PLAY DON
DRAPER AGAIN.
YOU ALWAYS THINK I'M NEVER GOING
TO WORK AGAIN.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT
IS, FOR ME ANYWAY.
I'M JUST LIKE, WELL, I WILL
NEVER WORK AGAIN OR I WILL NEVER
WORK AT THAT LEVEL AGAIN.
>> YOU LIVE IN THAT FEAR?
>> I TRY NOT TO LIVE IN IT, BUT
IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS SNEAKING UP AROUND
THE CORNER.
>> THE 46-YEAR-OLD HAMM WAS BORN
AND RAISED IN ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI, AND JON WAS ONLY TEN
YEARS OLD WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED
OF CANCER.
TEN YEARS AFTER THAT HE LOST HIS
DAD.
>> WHAT DID THAT DO TO A
TEN-YEAR-OLD KID?
>> THERE'S NEVER A GOOD TIME TO
LOSE YOUR MOM AND DAD, BUT IT
HAPPENS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FOR A
KID BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT MATURE
ENOUGH TO EVEN PROCESS IT AND
YOU END UP HAVING A REAL VOID AS
A KID.
SO THE VOID HAS TO BE FILLED IN
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND I HAD
THESE GREAT FAMILIES WHO JUST
KIND OF QUASI ADOPTED ME.
IT WASN'T THE CASE THAT I WAS
LEGITIMATELY ADOPTED, I MEAN, I
WAS JUST AROUND A LOT BECAUSE WE
WERE ALL 13-YEAR-OLD BOYS THAT
WOULD HANG OUT ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD.
IT NEVER GOES AWAY, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU THINK ABOUT KIND OF ALL THE
TIME.
>> STILL?
>> YEAH.
BUT NOT ADDS MUCH, BUT YEAH.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE
MY PARENTS LIKE SEE THAT I
BECAME SUCCESSFUL IN THE THING I
CHOSE TO DO.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS
GET WHAT WE WANT.
>> HAMM BEGAN ACTING IN HIGH
SCHOOL, PLAYING JUDAS IN GOD
SPELL, WHILE HE PLAYED
LINEBACKER ON THE FOOTBALL
FIELD.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HAMM
RETURNED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN
ST. LOUIS TO TEACH ACTING.
>> OSCAR, I AM SO GLAD YOU JUST
GOT HERE.
>> ONE OF HIS STUDENTS WAS A
YOUNG ELIE KEMPER WHO WENT ON TO
BECOME A STAR OF HER OWN.
AFTER TWO YEARS BACK HOME HAMM
MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WITH NEXT
TO NOTHING TO TAKE HIS SHOT AT
PROFESSIONAL ACTING.
>> WHEN YOU CAME TO LOS ANGELES
AND YOU GAVE YOURSELF A
DEADLINE, RIGHT, TO THE AGE OF
30.
>> UH-HUH.
>> I BETTER BE A WORKING ACTOR
OR I'M OUT OF HERE.
>> I GAVE MYSELF FIVE YEARS.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS
IS ENOUGH TO GET A DEGREE OR BE
A PRESIDENT.
>> SO YOU WERE WAITING TABLES.
>> WAITING TABLES, BARTENDING
AND MY FRIEND GOES, LOOK, I'VE
GOT TO QUIT THIS JOB, I'M A SET
DRESSER ON THESE CHEESY
SKIN-O-MAX MOVIES.
I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE, IT'S
GROSS.
AND I WAS LIKE, I'LL DO IT.
WHAT DOES IT PAY?
ANYTHING?
I'LL DO IT.
AND I'M LIKE SLIGHT PROBLEM,
I'VE NEVER BEEN A SET DRESSER, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
100 BUCKS A DAY.
100 BUCKS A DAY?
I WAS LIKE IN.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT WEIRD
KIND OF, YOU KNOW -- BUT IT
WAS -- IT WAS PORN.
IT WAS BAD.
AND I DID IT FOR LIKE THREE
WEEKS AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THIS
IS DEPRESSING.
>> THE JOBS ONLY COULD GET
BETTER FROM THERE.
AFTER A RUN OF PLAYING EXTRAS
HAMM LANDED A REGULAR ROLE ON
THE NBC SHOW "PROVIDENCE."
THEN IN HIS FIRST BIG MOVIE HE
STARRED WITH MEL GIBSON.
>> I ENDED UP TURNING 30 ON THE
SET OF THE FIRST MOVIE THAT I
EVER DID WHICH WAS CALLED "WE
WERE SOLDIERS."
THAT WAS MY DEADLINE.
I SET A GOAL AND I ACHIEVED IT
AND THAT'S PRETTY ENOUGH TO DO.
>> HAMM DOES FUNNY AS WELL AS HE
DOES DRAMA.
HE HAS HOSTED "SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE" THREE TIMES.
>> IT'S GENUINE MEXICAN SILVER
AND IT COMES WITH A CLASP AND A
RING AND A --
>> AND HAD MEMORABLE ROLES IN
THE MOVIE "BRIDESMAIDS".
>> THIS IS SO AWKWARD.
>> AND TV SHOWS "30 ROCK" AND
"UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT"
ALONGSIDE HIS FORMER STUDENT,
ELIE KEMPER.
>> YOU ARE NOT BAD AT MATH, SIR,
YOU ARE JUST BAD.
>> HAMM'S LEADING MAN LOOKS AND
FAMILIAR VOICE MAKE HIM A SOUGHT
AFTER NAME IN ADS LIKE THE ONES
DON DRAPER MIGHT HAVE DESIGNED.
>> THIS IS THE AUTOMOBILE AS
ONLY MERCEDES BENZ COULD
ENVISION IT.
>> HAMM'S LATEST POST "MAD MEN"
ROLE IS ANOTHER CHARACTER WITH
AN EDGE.
IN THE NEW MOVIE "BABY DRIVER"
HAMM PLAYS BUDDY, ACCOMPLICE TO
A GET AWAY DRIVER NAMED BABY.
>> BUDDY IS AS HIS NAME SUGGESTS
SEEMINGLY A FRIEND TO BABY AND
UNLIKE HIS NAME SUGGESTS HE HAS
A BIT OF A DARK SIDE.
>> AND A COOL HAIRCUT, TOO.
>> AND A VERY WEIRD HAIRCUT,
YEAH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY HAIRCUT
NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS AMAZING.
>> FLAWLESS, THAT'S HAMM
FLAWLESS THERE.
>> 100% HAMM.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE
MOVIE WORLD ON THE HORIZON THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHETHER
IT'S SOME BIG BLOCKBUSTER --
>> "STAR WARS" I THINK.
>> THAT COULD BE DECENT.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY
GROOMING ME FOR.
>> TALKING ABOUT IN THE TRADES.
>> I'M GOING TO PLAY DARTH
VADER'S FATHER AND HE WILL BE
LIKE I AM YOUR FATHER AND I WILL
BE LIKE I'M YOUR FATHER, DEARTH.
HE WILL BE LIKE, DAD.
>> I'D WATCH THAT MOVIE.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR HIS
BLOCKBUSTER "STAR WARS" FLICK
YOU CAN SEE JON IN "BABY DRIVER"
IN THEATERS ON JUNE 28th.
TO HEAR JON TALK ABOUT THE EARLY
MAKING OF "MAD MEN" AND THE