Middle Age Hollywood

From THR:

John Slattery gives us his favorite line delivered by his "Mad Men" character Roger.




And this is from another interview where he talks about directing episodes..


You're busy directing your second "Mad Men" episode. Was this something you'd wanted to do for a while?

I didn't necessarily want to direct television. Because usually, the set up is it's the producer's show, and directors come in on a weekly basis and they do the bidding of the showrunner. Where's the creative room in that? But maybe it's just that I'm older and I realize there's a lot more that goes into it than that. I decided that if I'm going to have this experience, then this is the place to do it, because everybody is so good at their jobs that I thought I could learn something from each and every one of these people.

So I asked [creator/Executive Producer] Matt [Weiner] if I could shadow one of the directors — Phil Abraham. He created the look of the show, he was the cinematographer for the pilot and first season. Then somewhere in the middle of the winter, he called to say I could direct the fourth episode. I was shocked and surprised. Then the second one, there was a slot open — someone had to leave to take another job. And I just threw my hat in. He didn't hate the episode I did — he ended up saying yes.