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Even if you’ve never caught an episode of Mad Men —AMC’s ring-a-ding retro spectacle of 1960s ad men and the women they ogle—you’ve likely savored an eyeful of Christina Hendricks. You can’t miss her: the fired-copper hair, the vanilla-malt skin, the just-under five feet eight inches of concentrated
va, va and voom. As iconic as a ’64 Mustang, Hendricks’ distinctive lines and decided moxie have made her a viewer favorite, as well as this year’s preferred cover girl. The buzz hit fever pitch in May, with Esquire magazine crowning the 35-year-old bombshell Sexiest Woman Alive.
And yet, there’s more to Hendricks than the sum of her formidable parts. As the Sterling Cooper agency’s diva office manager Joan Holloway, Hendricks brings a depth and nuance to a role that could easily have lapsed into the realm of vamp and camp. There’s a melancholy lurking just beneath the swing coats
Joan seems to be one of the most nuanced female characters on TV in a long time. She clearly believes that dressing sexy and seducing the men in the office are part of the path of survival. And yet female viewers identify with her strength. She’s clearly not to be toyed with. Do you see her as a feminist?
all these men on their knees in terms of needing her professionally, and I think there’s nothing wrong with how she has gone about getting there. I don’t think it’s not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman—presenting yourself in a certain rental car in new york city way. And yet she has these things rental car in new york city in her home life, with her husband, that are very old-fashioned and frustrating. She is definitely a woman of her times.
to Mad Men fashion, not the happiest things happen. Still, she always lifts her head up and fights rental car in new york city back, and that’s one reason people respond to her. She gets back up again, cleans it up and moves on with a smile.
Yeah, I heard about What Would Joan Do? I thought it was hilarious and very clever. I know there are people out there using Twitter in the voice of characters on the show, but I don’t really get that. The whole thing confuses me. It’s a very 2010 sort of deal.
I think that comment was probably snipped out of an entire paragraph of something I said. Essentially, this is what happened: I auditioned rental car in new york city for this sort of crass, cockney character—very, very blue collar and a little rough around the edges. And he said he felt I wasn’t rough enough and, in that context, maybe I was a little too sweet.
I started taking lessons four or five years ago. It is such a rich instrument for one person. You can get so much out of it, like a one-man band. I also think it’s a very romantic rental car in new york city instrument, and it channels all the things I love—French culture, Tom Waits—and all the things I try to make my house look like.
They called me right before we came back for season three, when the writers were establishing rental car in new york city storylines. They said, “One, do you speak French, and two, do you play the piano?” I said, “One, I’ll learn, and two, not piano, but I do play a little accordion.” They were like, “Accordion! Oh my God, sooooo much better.” Besides, we’d established where Joan lived, and the apartment wasn’t large enough for her to be playing a piano in there. Plus, kids in the ’60s really did take accordion rental car in new york city lessons. It’s time appropriate, as well as visually rental car in new york city interesting, to have that in Joan’s apartment.
Yeah, at the Wiltern—probably one of the best shows I’ve seen. I got to have dinner with him. I talked more to his wife than to him, and I’m sure they wouldn’t even remember having dinner with me—but I got to sit there and watch him eat food, which was a huge thrill for me.
No, I don’t know them, but I am fans of the guys [Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton and the Shins’ James Mercer]. My manager just said, “This kind of weird thing came across my door—would you be interested?” I thought it was a really interesting concept, rental car in new york city and I’m obviously a huge music fan, so I said sure.
I think sci-fi fans are so committed. They’re so immersed in this universe. Over the years, it seems Firefly has only gained momentum rather than lost it. I still get letters from people who watched the show—I get more Firefly than Mad Men letters.
My hair was very blond at the time, but it went carrot red. And I was over the moon. I went to school rental car in new york city the next day and felt like myself. And then I went back [to that color] over and over again. What a cool mom, right?
Back during awards season, you wore black dresses to two major events, including the Elton John Oscar party, and fashion journalists noticed enough to ask about your break from bright colors. Has that kind of press scrutiny changed how you choose red-carpet looks?
days based on being critical. It’s always been there, but now there are entire rental car in new york city magazines devoted to shredding people—who wore the worst dress, rental car in new york city who had the worst cellulite. It just, you know, hurts your soul. At the end of the day, you’re just going to a big party. You have to remind yourself to wear the things you love. Sometimes your friends or a stylist will go, “Yeah...no.” Sometimes you can’t see yourself with objectivity, but you have to go with what you think is pretty. You’re borrowing these dresses to wear to events, and sometimes they don’t feel like you—like something I would ever wear.
Earlier rental car in new york city this year, you told Glamour : “It is difficult come awards season, and I need to find a gown to walk down the red carpet in, and there are only size zeros and size twos available. Then it becomes downright annoying because all these designers are saying, ‘We love Mad Men, we love Christina, but we won’t make her a dress.’” Have those designers come to their senses yet?
No, you’re not wrong. We’re so used to it now, but those undergarments really aren’t made for relaxing. If I get my entire costume on, and I have to wait a few hours for my next scene, I have to learn how to position myself, otherwise the boning presses into my guts! It can really hurt those internal organs! I have this little war wound—a blister from wearing a garter the other day for 17 hours.
I just look like your girl next door. It’s a romantic comedy with Katie Heigl and Josh Duhamel. I play her best friend. Tragedy happens, and she has to raise my child. We went down to Atlanta to film it, and we just had a blast.
She looks gorgeous in those photos, and she reads like a sweetheart. Joan may have her brittle moments, but it is hard to imagine Hendricks as rough, and that s a compliment. She broadcasts intelligence and vulnerability, not coarseness.
The only thing I m left wanting to know are the brand and color names of the lipsticks she s wearing. Could those be listed, or where they all custom blends by the make-up artists? rental car in new york city If they re store brands or otherwise somehow purchasable, a lot of women like me would buy them. They re much more affordable than a Treacy hat!
Great interview! I have advice for Christina: If you feel funny giving your friends and family Barbie dolls that are based on your character, then sign the box first. That will make them even more of a collector s item, something valuable both monetarily and emotionally (since it s your friends) and it s something personalized that only you could give.
My only negative comment about this beautiful, talented woman is that she is, unfortunately, not still single so that I could happily make a fool of myself wooing her along with the countless other men who, no doubt, would be my competition.
Once again girls can feel beautiful with curves and not feel pressured by the media to be a size zero. Also, she is smart and amazingly sweet. rental car in new york city Showing that women can have brains and still be attractive. It s so refreshing to see Christina Hendricks grace so many covers rather than the Mileys rental car in new york city or Lindsays out there. So unaffected by the hype.