Q&A: Men Christina Hendricks

Tag : Knitting Accessory

Is there some accessory that turns you into Joan?
I think the girdle and the undergarments, absolutely. . . . There'sone thing that Joan specifically wears with almost every outfit,which makes me laugh: It's a little gold pen on a chain that shewears around her neck. We call it her superhero pen. She wouldn'tbe able to be a super-secretary without it. She can take a note atthe drop of a hat!
What type of comments have you gotten from people about Joan?
I get men coming up to me and saying, "Oh, my gosh, you'reMarilyn. It's so refreshing to finally see that on TV.". . . Ihad one woman come up and say, "Watching you on TV makes meproud to have curves and be a woman in [Los Angeles]." . . .Some of us have curves. We have a little booty and we have breastsand why on Earth should we be trying to hide them?
How did reading Helen Gurley Brown's "Sex and the SingleGirl" help you prepare for "Mad Men"?
Matt [Weiner, "Mad Man" creator] told me that mycharacter was loosely based on [her] books, so that did help as faras the mentality of what a secretary or what a woman at the timewould accept or what was expected of her: Just to get your head inthe frame of if your boss is out to lunch too long and his wifecalls, these are maybe some of the excuses you should have on hand.
This is your first show that's gotten picked up for a secondseason. How has being on a successful show changed your day-to-daylife?
All my friends are like, "What are you doing? We never seeyou. You're not in knitting club, you're not at this." . . .It's certainly not a complaint, but as far as how it's changed mylife, it's like, "Oh, this is a much more full-time careerthan it was a few years ago, I better be on top of this!"