A while back we were lucky enough to find ourselves in the presence of one Jon Hamm; you know, just the most awesome dude ever to walk the face of this planet. Luckily for us (and him), instead of acting like total loons, we managed to conduct ourselves with the ultimate decorum: not dribble, not stutter and definitely not ask him about his erm, ham. And considering we’re the people that are normally so uncool in front of celebrities that we once told Charlie Simpson from Busted how we used to search the lyrics of 3AM for meaning to our last break-up, this is nothing short of a miracle.
Anyways, it turns out that Jon Hamm pretty much just a really cool, down-to-earth chap. And, as of this week is back on our screens in the second part of the final season(sob) of Mad Men. Which, if we're perfectly honest with ourselves; probably isn't going to end up all that well for Donny Drapes.
Anyways, back to Jon. Whilst behaving ourselves impeccably, we spoke to him about surviving your 20s, Candy Crush and what comes after Don Draper finally hangs up his flawlessly polished boots next year.
Hello Jon Hamm! I interviewed your co-star from film Million Dollar Arm Lake Bell and she told me you’re really into Candy Crush.
Let’s see, where am I? I got stuck on a level and it was so long I ended up just stopping. Let’s see where I am. I know it’s three digits, that’s for sure.
That’s already better than me.
Oh, 266.
Nice, you’ve beaten my mum.
That’s not bad, right? But yeah, I’ve been on that level for probably six months and I’ve put it down. The new one is Two Dots – have you played Two Dots?
NO I am downloading that right now.
Do it.
So over on Rookie, you once did some great agony uncling to teenage girls. As Debriefers, we’re in our 20s and are, quite frankly, terrified about what we’re doing with our lives. I know you struggled with work when you were around the same age. Please can you tell us it’s all going to be OK?
That’s kind of what your 20s are – is the time to figure it out. We don’t live in the post-war economy anymore, either; it’s a very, very different landscape out there. And back in the day you would graduate college, get married and have a kid or two kids and get a job at a corporation and work there until you died or until you retired. And that’s kind of not how it works anymore. So I think the 20s is the time where you go, 'OK what am I doing? What do I want to do? And what will it be?' And you’re young, you don’t need much. You’re healthy – generally speaking. You don’t necessarily need the finer things in life, although it can be nice. You can live on a couch, as I did for many years – on several friend’s couches and basements and what-not. But as long as you’re diligent and you work towards something, I think that’s the rub. That’s what you really want – is to be somehow working towards something. Maybe that’s just self-improvement too; working on yourself and becoming more aware. Not necessarily working towards a career goal or anything like that. And then generally it works itself out. You kind of figure it out and you find yourself – all of a sudden you look up and you’re 30 and you’ve kind of been doing something for a couple of years and you go, 'Hey, alright – it’s worked out!'
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Do you know what Jon Hamm? Suddenly I feel everything is going to be OK. Um, on a different subject, what are you going to do after Mad Men finishes?
It’s me and my 20s all over again: I don’t really know. I honestly don’t know. I don’t have anything…
Write a self-help book. I'd buy it.
Yeah, write a self-help book and start a website! I don’t know, you know Million Dollar Arm was a really fun, unique opportunity for me to do something that’s very different from Don Draper – it’s heart-warming, it’s age-appropriate for all ages and it’s redemptive and inspiring and all of those things that sometimes Don Draper is not. So I don’t know, honestly. I hope to get a chance to work with other people that I find inspiring and compelling in some way and on projects that I find interesting and challenging. Fingers crossed, I’ll get the opportunity to do that.
And do you get people that mistake you for Don all the time?
Yeah, there is a lot of that. And upon meeting me they’re quickly disabused of that notion that I am anything like Don Draper but it’s an easy mistake to make. Generally I feel like it’s a compliment because they come from a place of really liking the show and really liking the character or at least liking what I do with the character. But upon meeting me, you rapidly realise that I’m not that guy.
Hells no Jon Hamm, you're even better.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.