Mad Men

Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Quotes

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"Go home, take a paper bag, cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest."
--Season 1, Episode 1: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

"He may act like he wants a secretary, but most of the time they're looking for something between a mother and a waitress."
--Season 1, Episode 1: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

"This is why I don’t allow crying in the break room. It erodes morale. There’s a place to do that, like you’re apartment."
--Season 2, Episode 1: "For Those Who Think Young"

"It's so obvious why you're going out with her."
--Season 2, Episode 2: "Flight 1"

"Your decolletage is distracting."
-- Season 2, Episode 5, "The New Girl"

"What on God's green earth are you doing here?"
-- Season 2, Episode 5, "The New Girl"

"Stop dressing like a little girl."
-- Season 2, Episode 6, "Maidenform"

"Fun-loving girl, responsible sometimes. Likes to laugh, lives to love seeks size six for city living and general galavanting. No dull moments or dull men tolerated."
--Season 3, Episode 4: "The Arrangements"

"When you wake up in the middle of the night and wonder what you forgot, don't call me."
--Season 3, Episode 3: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"

"That's life. One minute, you're on top of the world. The next, some secretary is running over your foot with a lawn motor."
--Season 3, Episode 3: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"

About

Joan Harris is the Office Manager at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency. Joan held a similar position at the original Sterling Cooper, where for a brief period she also worked as a script reader with Harry Crane in the TV Department. Clients lauded Joan's contributions, but a new male employee was hired when a full-time position opened up.

Though Joan had a lengthy romance with Roger Sterling, she is now married to Dr. Greg Harris, a surgical resident. In anticipation of Greg's appointment as his hospital's Chief Resident, she resigns from Sterling Cooper. When Greg fails to get the position, Joan briefly works at a department store before Roger taps her to help with logistics at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Greg, meanwhile, has announced that he is joining the Army so that he can continue his surgical training. Greg isn't keen on having his wife work, which, he maintains, won't be necessary on a Captain's salary.