The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

I've dyed my hair a million times and it looks terrible, always. It just looks fake. And it doesn't make me look that much younger.

A painting can't be everything. You have to stop, at some point. It has to be finished, if you want anyone to see it. Some people just continue to work on things, forever. I don't know which is better.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and it gets easy to fall into just walking on the set and assuming you know how to play a scene.