Matthew Weiner, January Jones and Jessica Paré on Mad Men and the Wives of Don Draper 

You realize how great January is as an actress by watching her in interviews. She is SOOO different from Betty. In mannerisms, posture, even the voice and inflections! It's like there's no Betty there at all. It's rare that you see an actor morph into a completely (in every way) different person for their role. Love January :)

it has to be so awkward to talk about your character if you are an actor/actress right next to the main writer, who could tell you if you are right or wrong

When you compare January's work in Love Actually to her character in Mad Men, you see she has such range of acting talent.

The actresses are treated like arm candy here. I wanted to hear more from January Jones. Great actress and absolutely stunning.

Sally was an extraordinary. What an actor that young lady is. She was the real adult in that family. Between Don and Betty. She really was.

Watched a Downton Abbey cast roundtable interview- when they were asked their favorite American tv show ...this is how I found the Mad Men series !! Congratulations to all - wonderful entertainment !

The moderator Caryn James talking about how Betty wasn’t happy back to January Jones around 26:40 and not listening at all was a terrible look. Love Matthew but she addressed all her questions to him and didn’t do a good job moderating this discussion and treating her female guests like equal participants.

January Jones was my favorite character on the show

both are gorgeous , anybody can be gorgeous but their personality , acting skills and respect for other people is very rarely found in other actors . they have so much of that . both of them look very sweet with Jon

I will always have a special place in my heart for Mad Men. It was the first newer television series I watched after not watching TV for like 10 years. I was floored by the level of writing, acting, production and characterizations, plus I grew up in the 60s and I have a great interest in 60s history. It is noteworthy that Gary Oldman was a huge fan of the show. Also, it was the first time a series ended and I felt so sentimental about missing the characters, and not only the characters, but also the world they inhabited.

worth the hour and a half... love mad men so much can't wait for spring!!

i really, really, really miss Mad Men.

lol he referred to January's pregnancy as a problem

best show I have ever watched on par with The Sopranos .

I wish it was just the wives. Because I wanted to hear from them.

My father left for the clients daughter that looked like his daughter, who instead of being disinherited inherited the beach house on the bluffs of Southern California. It’s worth 6 million today, but they zeroed out on that too. Madmen was like seeing that period not as an 8 year old, or 13 year old but the back story of all that was going on. Everyone in the block saw their parents get divorced except the WWII boys, a Jewish couple, and my Mormon Orthodontist. 🧡

I wish the clips weren't cut out that they discuss :(

Matthew Weiner is fascinating, but wasn't it supposed to be "Matthew Weiner AND the Wives of Don Draper?"

This moderator perceives Mad Men only in the most LITERAL sense possible. She can't see any metaphors, subtext in ANYTHING which is at least half of the show. Ugh.

This moderator could have answered most of her own questions, but you know watching the show. Megan's opinion of Betty and vice versa are well known

THANK YOU, karel glasner!

Aaron, She's on the new show "Devious Maids". I didn't even recognize her. The character she plays is called Odessa and she's the assistant to a rock star or record producer.

the volume is so low! Gah! Still love the content. If the sound is going to be at these levels, maybe closed captioning?

The moderator looks like Roger Sterling's secretary

oh gawd, that woman's laugh sounded like Eddie Murphy on frigging helium....

That scene where they use Tomorrow never Knows manages to capture the Ontological split the 60s brought about.

Didn’t know Matthew was a wife of Don Draper

I cried the first time I watched Shawshank.

I think Jessica (herself) and her character as Megan Draper is being nice to January Jones a little too much both on screen and off screen but it's an admirable character indeed, anyway. She seems like such a lovely, smart and a very down to earth person. She's beautiful inside out. That's a true beauty.

did the moderator watched at least 1 episode of mad men???

Have you ever seen the commentaries on the DVDs? He gets a woody listening to himself talk.

Why can’t we see the clips of the show?? Very frustrating

Boy, that Weiner sure does love the sound of his own voice.

why is he almost the only one speaking?!!!!!

great interview

January Jones just appeared as second woman in Last Man on Earth. Lucky Phil!

The fuck was the camera man doing round the 4 minute mark?

January doesn't need the make-up -- especially the eyes. Her eye make-up literally takes away from her beauty. She is so beautiful, and that make up just wrecks it.

I prefer Alison Brie.

Why can't we see the clips??? :((((

That woman's laugh is nails on a chalkboard! UGH!

There's a Mrs. Draper missing.

Why dont they show the clips??

Annoyed to no end that the clips surrounding the discussion aren't shown!

January ..... WHAT A BABE !

Why aren't the clips included, and a little volume would be nice.

Jessica Pare is stunning!

January has beautiful legs.

What are you talking about? Jessica has class and she is drop dead gorgeous.

LOL the two Mrs Drapers do NOT like each other....

I can't stand Megan, I wish Don would boot her to the curb already. January isn't wonderful, meaning Betty, love both actresses. The best woman for Don was the psychiatrist. She was real.

Damn you Don...just...damn you...

why did you click on the video in the first place?

January Jones is from sioux falls south dakota

Matt Weiner should let his work speak for itself. I couldn't make it past his "it's not harder than writing" comment. Hilarious. Way to appreciate your team.

4:19 Wake up, buddy!

I get that it's probably a copyright issue, but the exclusion of the clips played during the interview is very annoying.

Poor Betty. :(

They didn't talk for a whole hour on "the wives of Don Draper" though, Matt covers lots of stuff..

Most of the months of the calendar were named after real names (or names of Roman or Greek gods).

Why did January and Jessica show up? Weiner wont cede the floor and the hostess addresses all her questions to him, anyway. He must have been a pip to work for.

Matthew Weiner, so engaging. What a mind.

My god! That tie! Ugh it's the nicest tie I've ever scene!

Interviewer must stop laughing. Her laugh is so distracting.

cuz I like the show. whats it to you?

Can someone explain to me why Betty got way more sympathy than Megan did when he was with Don? I mean, isn't it sadder that he cheats on Megan since she knows the truth about his past and still lives him unconditionally whereas Betty only lived the idea of him? I honestly thought it was his lie that caused him to cheat on Betty. I thought he would see his mistresses so that he could be his dick Whitman self with someone. But he's that way with Megan and he's still cheating. Isn't that sadder?

Team Betty :P

Let me put it this way if Mathew Weiner is floored by January Jones hey man "I stand corrected"

Almost all the women of Mad Men....HOT HOT HOT....Jessica Pare, January Jones, Alison Brie, Christina Hendrickso, Cara Buono......And Mrs. Blankenship...lol..not...but she was too funny not to include.

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Jealous. That's exactly what Betty felt about Megan. I watched the episodes as they first premiered when Betty grew fat and growing old. I was early 30s and just diagnosed with hypothyroidism and all I could do was bawl watching those scenes.

I miss this show so much. MW's ego is a bit off-putting.

Jessica Pare is gorgeous and good actress. And her teeth are REAL. So is her whole beauty. Unlike the plastic surgery creations you most likely admire.

Jessica is too pretty for this world.

I was surprised they didn't have Don bring home a case of the clap or some such STD You know he would blame it on a dirty toilet seat or a house keeper not changing the sheets in a hotel room.

He cant be alone but he cant be with any one either. And the naiveté and ego when people think Im rich enough or beautiful enough or so young or so charismatic and “in” on whats gone on before that this same person wont lie to me or cheat on me or take advantage of me... to not realize who the person is by thinking of yourself as an automatically overcoming influence for them... As refreshing as an attitude of Im already bored of your past and am only focused on you now is, when the other person’s past is so integral to them in the present, that approach is not going to work. His past wasnt in the past and Megan didnt give it the relevance it required, perhaps because a twenty year old isnt likely to know any better, which can be precisely the draw for a man of a different generation fooling himself into thinking he will automatically be different with a fresh chance without any of the persistent effort change requires.

All Draper's lovers and wives had a sad or terrible end.

The laugh of that moderator! Annoying...

Matthew Weiner gives a bigoted kick to all Catholic women and it gets a laugh. Nobody even mentions it here in the comments. In American society, where every word one utters is carefully weighed so as to not offend, I am a bit surprised that there was silence here. Is he so brilliant, that whatever he says is beyond criticism? I personally am not sensitive to his opinions, but I am surprised that a video with nearly 40k hits has not made his comment more of a topic.

so the girls were mostly eye candy. shame on the interviewer!

He has such a power he can decide who is in the show or out! You can see that how the actress try to impose him :) nice

How all women felt in the late 60’s and early 70’s when their husbands left your a younger, and prettier middle. Pure hell

this good lord everyone was laughing at his unfunny jokes too

January Jones is gorgeous. Only Jessica Pare can match her, and sometimes (depending on the angle) be the most beautiful woman alive.

It is really irritating to have the scenes cut from the interview so that we don’t know what the hell they are talking about. How greedy to you have to be to do that?

Notice January's body posture. Her leg is crossed AWAY from Jessica and she leans away from her.

the hostess laugh......

When I'm 40 I want to be sitting where Matthew is

7:39 < keep clicking on this

Don doesn't know how to change. One has to understand, those brought up in the manner in which Don was, doesn't KNOW how to change. He's a broken man. He's also compulsive: especially, bedding all these women. It 's between fantasy, and hiding his pain, his past, and his demons more less. He seems secure in who is. Then again, he really isn't. He didn't want Meagan acting nor Betty. For difference reasons with Betty. Because the people really didn't want her. Meagan being younger and having no responsibilities. Don was a little threatened by that. He thought he could just mold her in what in wanted. Am I wrong? I don't think so.

Where's Anna Draper?

lol if you like the show, you shouldn't complain about this interview

I think Jessica Paré looks a lot like Steven Tyler's actress daughter -- whose name I forget.

I agree. Where is Anna Draper? Melinda Hamilton puts these two women to shame. At least on the show that is.

Amen to Mathew for pointing out non math types are typically talented creatively. Caryn seems to have a very limited outlook.

Beauty... and legs... and more legs.

Don needed to marry a woman who was also a work collaborator. His infidelity demanded he not be allowed to move 'out of sight, out of mind'.

January is unsurpassable..

what about anna?

Wow they talked for a whole hour on the "wives of don draper"? The things people will pay for...