Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser Gets Into Character By Swearing, Shouting

By general consensus on the Mad Men set, Vincent Kartheiser, who plays account executive Pete Campbell, is the actor least like his character, at least in his presentation. Pete, who comes from an old-line New York family, is probably the show's most repressed character. Kartheiser, who has been acting professionally since he was six, can be a manic presence. On set, before takes, he squats off to the side and loudly runs through vocal exercises. Between shots, he pinwheels around the set, teasing the crew and other actors or loudly psyching himself up for the next shot. It's a funny kind of psyching up. "What's wrong with me! Fuck life in the ass," he shouts after one take. "I'm off today I know it! I know it! Don't bullshit me," he yells after another. "I wish I could be anyone on earth but me!"

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