John Slattery Reveals His Favorite Mad Men Scene

The Hollywood Reporter recently asked sixteen actors up for acting Emmys what their favorite scene was. Below is John Slattery's answer:

"It may be impolitic to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. There was a scene where Sterling Cooper's being absorbed into McCann, and Don [Jon Hamm] and my character tell the entire office. I make a speech to the assembled group, who start rebelling because their jobs are on the line. Roger goes on to say, 'I don't know what to tell you. This has been the best job of my whole life.' He gets very emotional and kind of falls apart. The show was coming to the end, and not only was it a culmination of the character's sentiment, but my own. I was saying to everybody — the crew, the other actors — that this has been the best job I've ever had. Unfortunately, it got cut. Apparently, the show was too long. Matt [Weiner] is going to be pissed off at me when he reads this because it's his choice. But I was sad to not see that in the show. You shoot scenes that don't make it into the final cut all the time, and I'm used to it. It's just that it's rare that those moments of actor and character come together. That was a moment of purity for me, a culmination emotionally of the whole thing. The doing of it, whether or not anyone saw it, was memorable. I hope it makes it into some DVD extra someday."

Read the other responses here.