JESSICA PARE

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

I used to listen to the soundtrack for the movie 'Tank Girl' all the time. It was really good.

Believe me, when I finish shooting 'Mad Men,' there's a huge chunk of time where I have a really hard time leaving my house without fake lashes on. Which is a complex because I'm not very good at applying fake lashes.

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

Working on 'Mad Men,' everything is word for word. And, honestly, I couldn't come up with anything better than that, so it's fine.

I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy.

'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.

In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.

Acting is what I chose to do. It's what I feel I need to do.

My natural gravitation is toward the gray and the black and the white and the burgundy. Sort of muted, cool colors.

I do feel like the end of 'Mad Men' is a sort of a coming of age.

My own beauty routine is influenced pretty heavily from my 'Mad Men' routine. If I'm in the series of work, it's hard to see myself without eyelashes every day.

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.

My parents made me finish high school before I started acting, and I did, like, two weeks of fine arts college before I was like, 'This sucks. I'm going!' I got a few small jobs, and then I booked a big-for-Canada feature.

And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men.

I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.

Honey is hydrating and antiseptic. It really clears your skin, and it's moisturizing. You can use it every day if you want. It's so gentle.

I can cry all day long - that's easy for me.

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

I would like to explore comedy more. It's not something that I've done a lot of. Obviously, I'm very at home in drama. I like everything.

At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.'