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Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Birthname

AKA Jonathan Daniel Hamm

Birthday March 10, 1971

Birthplace St Louis, Missouri, United States

Educated At University Of Missouri

Nationality United States, United States Of America

Occupations Actor, Director, Producer, Television Actor, Film Producer

Characters Portrayed

Narrator

Total quotes (27)

A delusion starts like any other idea, as an egg. Identical on the outside, perfectly formed. From the shell, you’d never know anything was wrong. It’s what’s inside that matters.

— Narrator (Jon Hamm), Legion, Season 2: Chapter 9

delusions delusional wise

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Sometimes we don't get to choose where our talents lie.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 5: Lady Lazarus

Talents Passive Aggressive

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Don: We should get married.

Midge: You think I'd make a good ex-wife?

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Marriage ex-wife

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Peggy, just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Indian Summer

Ideas Forgetting

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The reason you haven't felt is because it doesn't exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me...to sell nylons.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Love Advertising

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Don: Let me ask you something, what do women want?

Roger: Who cares?

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Ladies Room

What Women Want Misogyny

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Ken: I love getting telegrams, but I never send them.

Don: How is that supposed to help?

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: The Color Blue

Telegrams Western Union

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They say as soon you have to cut down on your drinking, you have a drinking problem.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 4: The Summer Man

Drinking Alcoholism

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Los Angeles is not what you see in the movies. It's like Detroit with palm trees.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 6: In Care Of

Los Angeles Movies Detroit Palm Trees

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Where the pessimist sees danger hiding behind every back, the optimist sees friendship. Which is why, when we encounter coincidence, we often see conspiracy.

— Narrator (Jon Hamm), Legion, Season 2: Chapter 13

Optimism Pessimisim Friendship coincidence Conspiracy

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Get out of here and move forward. This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 2: The New Girl

Denial Never Happened

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Don: What are you doing here?

Adam: I lost my job when I died.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 5: The Phantom

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Ted: I have to eat something.

Don: Doesn't ice count?

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 6: The Crash

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Human beings are the only animal that forms ideas about their world. We perceive it not through our bodies but through our minds. We must agree on what is real. Because of this, we are the only animal on Earth that goes mad.

— Narrator (Jon Hamm), Legion, Season 2: Chapter 10

humanity Madness Reality

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If the idea of illness can become illness, what else about our reality is actually a disorder?

— Narrator (Jon Hamm), Legion, Season 2: Chapter 11

Reality Illness Mental Illness

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The truth is people may see things differently, but they don't really want to.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: Wee Small Hours

Perception Disagreement

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Ginsberg: I feel bad for you.

Don: I don't think about you at all.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 5: Dark Shadows

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I have been watching my life. It's right there. I keep scratching at it, trying to get into it. I can't.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 2: The Mountain King

Futility Meaninglessness

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Don: Miss Calvet and I are getting married.

Roger: Who the hell's that?

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 4: Tomorrowland

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This is so awkward. I really want you to leave, but I don't know how to say it without sounding like a dick.

— Ted, Bridesmaids

Movie Quotes Funny Movie Quotes

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Ask yourself: what’s more terrifying? Fear, or the frightened.

— Narrator (Jon Hamm), Legion, Season 2: Chapter 15

Fear The Frightened

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The day you sign a client is the day you start losing him.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 1: Long Weekend

Advertising Clients

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If you don't like what is being said, then change the conversation.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: Love Among the Ruins

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Who gives a crap what I say anyway? My work speaks for me.’

— Don Draper

Work Being Silent Under the Radar Disappearing Man

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Sally: I'm sorry I broke your suitcase.

Don: Find out how much it is to repair and it will come out of your allowance.

Sally: I don't have an allowance.

Don: Then don't break things.

— Don Draper, Mad Men, Season 3: Out of Town

Allowance Breaking Things Responsibility

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