Jon Hamm Reveals His Favorite Don Draper ‘Mad Men’ Lines | The Rich Eisen Show

[@ritumanjunathan5590]

"You'll be shocked how much it didn't happen" or something like that. So many good lines!

[@jwells1914]

There’s so many legendary Don Draper lines. My favorite is “What is happiness? The moment before you want more happiness.” Great stuff!!

[@kubricklove2001]

“Advertising is based on one thing, happiness.”

[@melanophore]

“That’s what the money’s for!” is one of my favorites

[@AudreyBath-qc4rf]

That was the most shocking line of the series, in my opinion.

[@codyshirk8110]

So good!

[@melanophore]

@@AudreyBath-qc4rf I've been in that conversation seeral times. Sometimes I've been Peggy, and sometimes I've been Don.

[@osaji922]

I actually like how he drunkenly and half heartedly says sorry when she starts to cry after that. lol

[@catherineetlulu]

I think of this line every time I am expecting a thank you from my boss (and never get one).

[@P2501-y6u]

I loved when he was with the hippies and they tell him " hey you can't go out there, man, there are cops" and he calmly goes "you can't." And leaves with no hassle

[@mr.annoying9453]

yes haha..one of the best for sure

[@JimmyMcPixel]

I used this line once... I was suited and booted and in a house full of... People who weren't dressed quite as well and mostly a decade or more younger than me. Early 20s Vs mid 30s. Was I think a Saturday morning and we had done the usual stuff people do at a house party on a a Friday night. I must have come straight from work with no change of clothes. The police were outside for some reason not related to us but the others were scared to go outside and said you can't/shouldn't go outside.

[@staciejackson7497]

Beatniks, not hippies.

[@P2501-y6u]

@ good point, but at the end of the day they both seem like intoxicated philosophers lol

[@stupka1111]

- "How do you sleep at night?" - "On a bed made of money"

[@darrinconroy4232]

The entirety of his “Carousel” speech

[@mikemcgowan7278]

Then Duck with the killer line at the end - Good luck at your next meeting!

[@JCiatt1997]

“Nostalgia - it’s delicate, but potent.” I think about that line every day. Great scene

[@jessicae.6995]

The Carousel was Don's best in my opinion. 💯

[@wgfinley]

One of, if not the finest moment in television.

[@snarkmark2806]

I don’t think about you at all, is the classic Don Draper line

[@eltravos99]

It works on at least two levels: 1. It stops the argument in its tracks because how can you keep arguing with someone who doesn't care about the situation or YOU? 2. It also may or may not hurt the person. It's so effective. It's like setting off a nuke. It's also a shocking statement to hear and only a person like Don Draper can pull it off. Because you know he isn't going to come back later and apologize. He meant what he said.

[@GuarmaRummy]

@@eltravos99 Neither of these are true in the context of the episode. That ep, Don is freaking out because he worries that Ginsberg is a better writer than him. When he says, "I don't think about you," Don is lying because we know that isn't true. I only reply because it seems like you left that context out of your comment. Also: Don is actually Dickie Goodman, so like, remember... he lies all the time. Don't believe Don's lies.

[@eltravos99]

​@@GuarmaRummy I think the way I worded it threw you off. YES, of course he cares what Ginsberg thought. But he acted like he didn't. There, is that better for you? Good lord.

[@GuarmaRummy]

@@eltravos99 Ah glad to hear! No need to get the lord involved

[@eltravos99]

@@GuarmaRummy Lordy lordy. Thanks for pointing out the flaw in what I wrote. I got a little heated that I worded it wrong. But keep on doing that. We all must learn from each other. I work in the design and arts world. I was always taught that constructive criticism is good. I have always thought you should welcome it and always have. But once in awhile I can't handle it right. I just want to say thank you.

[@JordansTake35]

"There is no big lie.. The universe, is indifferent"

[@FilJR99]

My favourite too.

[@leonardshevlin7260]

Jon Hamm smiles a lot Don Draper rarely smiled.

[@winstonoboogie9186]

Mad Men is the greatest television show of all time.

[@2011hwalker]

Its definitely top 5. Hard to select just one from Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Sopranos, The Wire.

[@scottnorwood659]

Breaking bad is the greatest of all time but mad men is definitely up there in the top 20 for sure. It definitely deserves a rewatch cause it still holds up.

[@scottnorwood659]

@@2011hwalkersopranos isn’t as great as breaking bad due to the in my opinion the fade to black ending.

[@winstonoboogie9186]

@ for me, it’s the other way around- Breaking Bad is somewhere in the top 20 but Mad Men is the greatest. The female characters and story arcs in BB don’t measure up to MM.

[@Hanover-ek4jy]

@@2011hwalkerhow about Sanford and Son?

[@amigs13]

"What is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness."

[@TrulyMadlyShallowly]

Such a truth

[@jessicae.6995]

During the first episode when he presents to Lucky Strike: "Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing is OK. You are OK."

[@craigrussell3062]

“You’re happy with 50%? You’re on top, and you don’t have enough. You’re happy because you’re successful. For now. But what is happiness? It’s a moment before you need more happiness. I won’t settle for 50% of anything. I want 100%. You’re happy with your agency? You’re not happy with anything. You don’t want most of it, you want all of it. And I won’t stop until you get it. Thank you for your time.”

[@jessicae.6995]

@@craigrussell3062 then Roger proceeds to say in the lobby "I'll buy you a drink after you've wiped the blood away from your mouth..." 🤣

[@craigrussell3062]

@@jessicae.6995 Of course, as with all great Don Draper pitches, he's really analyzing himself, and why he's such a miserable wreck in spite of all his success. If happiness is when your desires are filled, then you're doomed to misery, because the instant you've fulfilled one desire, you don't desire that thing anymore, so it can no longer make you happy. By definition, desire is for what you don't have, and so this version of "happiness" means spending most of your time unhappy about what you could have but don't. What's brilliant about Mad Men is you can peel away just about any corner of it and find incredible hidden depths, and yet it's so cool on the surface level too.

[@MMAALL]

The “I don’t think about you at all” line is the best Still, my favorite Mad Man line of all time was John Slattery’s. “I know cooler heads are supposed to prevail, but am I the only one who wants to see this?”

[@lewisjones3345]

Sir, you are correct!

[@staciejackson7497]

“Roger” had so many great lines and scenes-with Don and Peggy and Bert, and….

[@apurugganan]

Thank you for making me laugh!😄

[@MiniatureMorpheus]

the entire scene of Don and Peggy in the hospital.

[@carolmorrison7725]

A profound exchange

[@rayzrsharp]

Let's not forget favorite Roger lines... Bert Peterson "You're a real prick you know that?!" Roger "Damn it Bert, you stole my good bye." Hahaha. That show had WAAAAAYYYY too many good lines to count.

[@philster1883]

The last scene was brilliant. The best series conclusion ever...

[@artdeco64]

It’s a photo finish Number Two; Newhart still holds Number One; Mad Men was a badass ending though. After everything he went through, including mental and emotional breakdowns, what’s he get from it? He gets, to that point, the greatest ad ever made. Don is still Don.

[@renegadeoffunk32]

"No. I will spend the rest of my career trying to hire you" is a favourite of mine. Amongst the many many others.

[@1olddirtroad]

"The Wheel" is probably the best Written And Best Acted Scene in Television in my lifetime.

[@benjackson103]

I want to thank you, Jon. I choose my career in advertising because of the show. And I love the creative process and fulfillment it brings me. Thank you Jon. Even though you won’t see this.

[@shortclips2977]

Roy: “ So Don what do you do for work?” Don: “ I blow up bridges ” says Don with a sarcastic smirk 😂

[@MoGhotbi]

Have watched Mad Men start to finish three times and I agree with Rich Eisen - probably the best TV show ever.

[@pedrosouzalima5167]

Roger: “when God closes a door… he opens a dress”. Love Don but Roger’s lines were off the chart.

[@seanoconnell5353]

Favorite scene When Don and Roger come back from lunch bombed and have to take the stairs and Roger yaks.

[@jessicae.6995]

@@seanoconnell5353 Roger after he yaks "Oysters" 🤣🤣

[@pumpkinspice5229]

Hahaha that scene was hilarious

[@nicholaslamantia9597]

Don talking about love being something him and other Madmen created to sell products is a great scene as well.

[@docd2295]

Nylons

[@jessicae.6995]

He also implies that they created what the idea of "love" is by selling a fairytale..which Rachel responds correctly imo..that simply isn't true at all.

[@benjackson103]

That “I don’t think about you at all” is lifted strait from The Fountainhead.

[@rottensquid]

How interesting, because it's also a blatant lie. Draper constantly worried about Ginsberg eating his lunch.

[@1olddirtroad]

Never heard of it

[@osaji922]

"You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget. I'm living like there's no tomorrow, because there isn't one."

[@Pruzzles]

Facts

[@manantial773]

"I don’t think about you at all" was the one I said before hearing his answer, the best of very best!

[@petecabassi_33]

Don sharing a sales maxim with his team "the day you sign a client is the day you start losing them" BOOM.

[@WRNPR]

My favorite is “People tell us who they are but we ignore them because we want them to be what we want them to be”

[@smcg2252]

One of my fave lines from Don Draper is "That what the money's for!"

[@Woopass90]

Don Draper is one of the best characters in TV history.

[@RyilAdamson]

Those were the two Mad Men lines that I was hoping for.

[@ItsParachuteAdams]

Shout out to Fargo season 5 with John Hamm it was absolutely brilliant

[@DocSportello1970]

Loved his cameo in Curb your Enthusiasm!

[@jeffnnj]

Ran into him during a rain delay at Yankee Stadium. Really great guy.

[@skodjere]

Those were the two exact scenes that popped in to my head when i saw the video. Sent the "thats what the money is for"-meme to my boss today!

[@MaurizioTuratti]

I truly loved Madmen

[@davechoate]

“LA is Detroit with palm trees.” Don Draper

[@JAMaxeRestoration]

I know the subject is the best Jon Hamm lines but after reading most of the comments people are chiming in with great lines from other character's but I didn't see any Joan Holloway lines and she had some great ones like: "But that's life. One minute you're on top of the world, the next minute some secretary's running you over with a lawn mower" and she says to Roger: "I'm not a solution to your problems. I'm another problem" or this to her abusive husband Greg: "I'm glad the army makes you feel like a man. Because I'm sick and tired of trying to do it" and this one: "Sometimes when people get what they want they realize how limited their goals were." Joan say to Freddie who is leering at Peggy: "Bet you wish you could put that in a glass and drink it" She tells Joey and the guys: "I can't wait until next year when all of you are in Vietnam. You will be pining for the day when someone was trying to make your life easier. When you're over there, and you're in the jungle and they're shooting at you, remember you're not dying for me because I never liked you" Joan tells Peggy: "Most of the time, they're looking for something between a mother and a waitress." How about how she eviscerates Paul and then ends the conversation with this zinger: “Go ahead, which part was wrong?”

[@olenskafanboy]

Surprise! Here's an airplane here to see you! 🤣

[@plgjp83]

The show had some pretty stellar writing when it came to lines : sterling was a quipping machine, cooper in a different style had some pretty good lines, etc… For Sterling my two favorite would be without a doubt : “ I watched the sunrise . I couldn’t sleep. - how was it ? - average “ and “ I told him to just be himself : I guess it was pretty mean” For Don he had many pitches and existential moment so it’s hard. I would go for for one of each : best existential “ You're born alone, and you die alone, and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget” and either one of his pitches about happiness : “You're happy because you're successful... for now. But what is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness.”

[@timward3116]

Mad Men and Downton Abbey - the two greatest shows in television history.

[@navarro914]

Surprised he didn’t said : “ make it simple, but significant “

[@justinschrank4806]

Greatest show and character of all time.

[@ciquta]

after Roger Sterling

[@normanhenderson9290]

"... but I don't think of you at all..." is a line from Ayn Rand's book the Fountainhead from 1943

[@jimmyringel5075]

Ahh-in the first season, Bert tells Don how he needs to become more acquainted with the writings of Ayn Rand.

[@andrewf8288]

The entire motivational speech when he’s on speed is legendary. “Do what you have to!”

[@jessicae.6995]

Watching Don and Ken sprint around the creative lounge after Ken tap dances...is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@JR-ej9up]

"How do you sleep ?" - On A Bed Made Of Money !

[@osaji922]

You stole mine.

[@jessicae.6995]

@@JR-ej9up Ian the hippie: " I think Don can agree that Broadway is the birthplace of mediocrity.." Don: Maybe it’s born there, but I think it’s conceived right here"

[@ApoloniaJones1976]

Except that if you remember the storyline, Don was lying to Ginsberg. He thought about him all the time.

[@rockturtleneck]

The irony of the "I don't think about you at all" line to Ginsburg is that a person would only say that if they had been thinking about a person, and it was clear at this point in the show that Don was having doubts about his creative prowess.

[@joshuatree5668]

"I don't have a contract."

[@risuenor3652]

Let's not forget Roger Sterling's magnificent "My wife likes fur; you don't see me growing a tail..."

[@DianeCooperTW]

Whe bert tells Joan: "Don't waste your youth with age".

[@BarberBobDetecting]

The “I don’t think about you…” line was lifted from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us." Roark: "But I don't think of you.”

[@matthewwade920]

Awesome - great job noticing that. The exchange between Roark and Toohey was brilliant

[@SenorHomeslice]

@@matthewwade920 "Brilliant" being a relative term considering the source material.

[@BarberBobDetecting]

@@SenorHomesliceHave you read The Fountainhead? Didn’t think so.

[@SenorHomeslice]

@@BarberBobDetecting Yes, I did suffer through my hyperlibertarian phase of life where I thought self-indulgence was deep philosophy. I read it before my prefrontal cortex had finished developing and I loved it so much back then.

[@rottensquid]

​@@SenorHomeslice Apparently for some, it never does finish.

[@andremeehan8796]

The best TV show ever made.

[@sk8erfrankrox]

"You're not just smooth, you're Wilkinson smooth"

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

Frickin Hamm is the man!!!!

[@BrendanCescon]

He named my two favorite lines lol

[@remimgr]

fine i’ll rewatch mad men for the hundreth time

[@ProjectAthleteAL]

"Go get a box........ put your stuff in it."

[@the_klopeks]

I don’t think about you at all - best line in the show

[@frederickryeland313]

"What do you want me to say?" is the most Don Draper thought and line. Also, after all these years I can't see Jon Hamm and separate him from Don Draper 😂

[@flaxweaver]

Rugby fan here. Netflix helped me discover Mad Men in Dec 2024. 📺 I understand & agree with all the hype now.

[@ciquta]

"you can't" said to the hippie was the best

[@CarianneHixson]

He always sounds so congested lol

[@Krissy-wt4tu]

Best Roger Sterling line, after having had a serious heart attack, “Oh god, I’ve spent the last twenty years of my life living like I was on shore leave.”

[@nevincaulfield]

“Meet the Mets!” 🥴 season 6

[@C0H87]

“Because you’re bad and everyone else is good”. Delivered with such disdain toward Betty.

[@David-ke5nm]

The seating arrangement says a lot.

[@bucklaughlin906]

Roger Sterling has the best lines, followed by Bert.

[@jessicae.6995]

Roger: "Remember Don, when God closes a door, he opens a dress." 😅 Roger has some very memorable lines.

[@purpurina5663]

The short exchange they have about "zee fuhrer's birsday" is a perfect little chocolate covered strawberry

[@jessicae.6995]

​@@purpurina5663Roger: "May he leev for a thousand yyyyears...giggle" 😂

[@ernestodelarosa2985]

There needs to be a movie to close the ending on Draper. The ending was not terrible but it didn't satisfy the fans.

[@jhanick]

My favorite is when the hippie told em he cant leave and he says "you cant"

[@MBustos828]

Yes, that was the line I was hoping he would say. That or in the first episode when he says, “Slow down, I don’t want to end up pregnant.”

[@jessicae.6995]

Don to Ted: "I've had enough psychological warefare for today, why don't you take a table!"...

[@RVEspen]

1:43 Must feel good to be able to say - with confidence - that «Demi Moore is in my league»…

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

"The universe is indifferent."

[@larryd9549]

Best Jon Hamm line: Can you spin the ambidextrous Susan?

[@philster1883]

I would have been gravely disappointed if it hadn't been "I don't think of you at all."

[@laurensouche-gîte]

I love Jon Hamm. Every time I've seen him interviewed, just seems like such a good, humble guy. And to learn he's not on social media and has no outgoing voicemail message ... Unicorn.

[@virtualsnake1994]

That silver on the hair is lookin' good

[@middleagedCFCL]

"You should be thanking me! Me and Jesus Christ!"

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Rich's logo is LITERALLY a ripoff of the Mad Men opening credits! Do you think he may be a superfan!?😂

[@TD-sw3kv]

I wonder if Hamm notices when someone like CM Punk steals his "I don't think about you at all" line In a promo? Somehow I doubt it. But hey! CM Punk just said that line to Seth Rollins verbatim a couple weeks ago.

[@TomGolding-y6r]

The interviewer won't shut up

[@scottmichaelsen4696]

next 007

[@fluff975]

jon hamm pretty much didn't age at all up to his mid 40s, now it looks like he's aged almost 30 years since then

[@andrewweeks448]

i knew he was gonna say the elevator!

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

Here’s my hot take about Hamm. Dude would have made an interesting Frank Castle.

[@plgjp83]

I don’t see it. Closest thing would be his part in Baby Driver - which is still significantly away from Castle. AND I precisely didn’t buy John Hamm as this action fiend. Jamie Foxx did. Not him. I think the biggest problem is He lacks both an action vibe overall and also is naturally too expressive . That’s the most concise way I would put it. I think Ray Stevenson , limited as he may be as an actor, really embodied the sheer monolithic nature of Castle character . Stone faced . Sheer force of nature, something beyond pain and reason you can’t reason with. Something primal and unstoppable.

[@tim2468]

I don't think of you...that's an Ayn Rand line actually.

[@walterwright8454]

The universe is indifferent....

[@Happyboymargarine]

I remember women used to drool over this guy now he looks like Fraser’s father

[@crystalb8612]

Oh, make no mistake, we still drool over him.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Despite being 11 Years older than Hamm -I look at him like a dad figure... :) ...I'm from that era as portrayed in Mad Men...Hamm does a great job of portraying men from then...

[@LondonPride25]

So, Roy. If you had a job, what would you do?

[@TD-sw3kv]

I think Hamm is only going to be on Landman this season. Sudden end to his character coming..

[@elijy6160]

Are we losing the point of that line? Is Jon Hamm forgetting the point of that line? That Don DID think about Ginsberg’s talent a lot and that’s why he swapped the ad and pitched his own? Because he was jealous of Ginsberg’s idea? Unbravo Jon.

[@staciejackson7497]

It was just about the line here. The intricacies of the show were why it was so watchable.

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

how do you sleep at night? on a bed of money

[@lucasmuniz2702]

He's gotta be tired of talking about the show

[@bombaybeach208]

His nose has gotten noticeably bigger over the years.

[@CarianneHixson]

By the sound of his voice I think he probably did a lot of ❄️

[@jey4908]

"I don't think about you at all" EDIT: Oh wow. That's what he picked.

[@TheSchwiz]

The clip starts talking about fantasy football. Nothing to do with the title. Thanks but no thanks.

[@bknsty14]

Jon Hamm will always be the dumb guy on 30 Rock for me

[@stephenb1215]

No offense, but my windshield wipers have more range than Jon Hamm does as an actor! How many overzealous, seemingly straightlaced FBI or government agents is he going to play the same exact character with?? He is more typecast at this point than Liam Neeson's revenge kidnapping drivel.

[@rottensquid]

He does have incredible range, but he really needs to stop taking those roles. Typecasting is as boring for audiences as it is for actors.