There's a lot more to Jon Hamm than just "Mad Men." Recently, the actor shared his opinions on his latest movie, Daniel Radcliffe and the Ferguson shooting.

In an interview with British GQ, Hamm spoke about his role as J.B. Bernstein, the sports agent of MLB baseball star Ted Simmons, in Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" (the film was released in the United Kingdom last week). Interestingly enough, the movie gave Hamm the opportunity to play someone close to the father of a boy who he "happened to go to school with ... [and] who became my best friend."

"... again, very randomly this was not a mission on my part to get to the cool guy," Hamm said. "Ted and Marianne [Simmons, Ted's wife] and Matt and John their sons, their whole family was and remains very close to me and very much part of my life, and so baseball was a big part of my life for a long time and from a very early age."

Hamm also gushed about "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe. Contrary to himself, Radcliffe became famous at a young age; Radcliffe gained fame at the age of 10 while Hamm's life-changing role as Don Draper did not premiere on AMC until he was 36.

"I have no idea how he handles that level of craziness and he handles it so gracefully, and he's so lovely -- it takes a lot of energy to be that way," Hamm said of Radcliffe. "It's interesting to say it about someone who's probably 15 years my junior but I can only hope to be as graceful as he is and I actually look to his example of being a person who just appreciates what he's been given and works incredibly hard to take advantage of his opportunities."

Ever multi-layered, Hamm also discussed his views on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, a town close to where the actor grew up, although he admitted that he isn't too familiar with the "ins and outs of the events."

"You want the facts to be presented in the most truthful way and I don't know what they are so it's impossible for me to comment on justice, or what that would be," he explained. "What you hope for is that there is a truthful, honest, transparent process. ... let's not assume things and make up things. It's really hard, it's a really, really hard situation."

The second part of the final season of "Mad Men" begins in 2015.

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