Christina Hendricks

Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous; you get really self-conscious. ”

My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous. ”

When the attention started to be about my figure, I was surprised, because it wasn't something I was focused on. ”

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 way. ”

It just seemed so odd as people had never commented on my body before. Every woman obsesses over her figure, but I was happy, I felt sexy - I never thought about it. I know this sounds naive, but I honestly never expected this kind of attention. ”

When I first started dating my husband, I had this weird fascination with the circus and clowns and old carnival things and sideshow freaks and all that. About a month after we started dating, he bought me this amazing black-and-white photo book on the circus in the 1930s, and I started sobbing. ”

I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do. ”

Any woman who is currently with a man is with him partly because she loves the way he smells. ”

You can never predict what's going to be successful, so you have to do the one you really love, and I picked 'Mad Men.' ”

I love cocktails. My specialty drink is a gimlet with a little egg white in it so it gets frothy. I really like rose water - sometimes I'll add it to champagne. ”