Hamm
movie, too.
(Laughs) I am pleased that I do not have that haircut anymore. I can tell you that much.
Edgar and I came to this realization kind of at the same time through different ways. I was saying I feel like Buddy is that kind of guy who has reached a certain age in his life and starts listening to his girlfriend, who is inappropriately young for him, and taking fashion cues and advice that he probably shouldn’t. We both were kind of like, you know that haircut everyone has right now? And he was like, “That’s exactly the one I want!” And I was like, “Well, great minds think alike, I guess.”
Sure. In the same way that kind of slicking my hair down and shellacking it down made me feel like Don Draper. It’s all of a piece. It all adds up, the costume, the hair, the tattoos, the this, the that. It’s all part of building that thing. Some people work from the inside out, some people work of the outside in. Sometimes it’s a combination. It’s hard not to feel different when your exterior looks different than you normally are.
It’s also a way to delineate home from work. Take all that stuff off and you scrub all the fake tattoos off and you get the gunk out of your hair and you come home and, you know, have dinner. You know, after a certain point, it becomes like an old pair of shoes. But I remember specifically on “Mad Men” coming back from hiatus was always a little tricky, because you were always like, “Oh right, what’s the rhythm, how does this guy sound, what does he do?” It’s a little bit like riding a bike in that you don’t forget how to do it, but you’re a little wobbly for the first couple of pedals. Then you kind of get your groove back. Maybe other people are a lot better at it.
Yeah, that’s true. A lot of people do mix that stuff up. But look, it’s a great problem to have, I’ll tell you that much. To have the luxury to have a job like that is a real rare gift. I’ll take the good and the bad of it all.
I think that’s really fortunate, and I love what Bryan’s doing in his career, and I’ve been lucky enough to see some of his stage work. We’re pals. He’s such a nice man, and a real inspiration from an acting standpoint. I think he’s just so gifted. And it’s nice. And even when I look at my co-stars (on “Mad Men”) and what they’re doing, from (John) Slattery and his stage work and the stuff he’s done, direct a film here and there, and watching what’s going on with Miss (Elisabeth) Moss’ career is just inspiring, you know. It’s testament to, “Yeah, we got lucky on this one great thing, but we’ve got more stories to tell, and hopefully we’ll get a chance to do that.” Being a part of “Baby Driver” is exactly the kind of thing I’m thrilled to get the opportunity to
You hope so. You hope that what you do resonates in such a way that makes people feel something. And it doesn’t have to make them cry all the time. It can make them laugh or make them feel scared or nervous or uncertain. There’s a whole range of human emotions that we as actors try to kind of get in there and stir up in you. If all of the elements come together in the right way, you get this amazing soufflé, and it’s transcendent. I’ve been really, really fortunate to be involved with a few of those over my career, and I hope to be involved in a whole lot more. That’s what I look for, the opportunities to kind of get there and do something I haven’t done before. The challenge of that is the best. I don’t want to do the same thing over and over again. It’s like banging on the same piano key. That’s not music. It’s just noise. But I really like getting the opportunity to get in there and try something different. You know, it’s cool (laughs). That’s all I can