January Jones: Ex Ashton Kutcher Told Me to Quit Acting

Us Magazine - October 13, 2009 11:43 AM PDT
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It's a good thing January Jones didn't listen to her boyfriend when she first moved to L.A.

The Mad Men star's ex, who happens to be Ashton Kutcher, didn't think she could make it in Hollywood.

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"[He] was NOT supportive of my acting," Jones, 31, tells November's GQ magazine. "He was like, 'I don't think you're going to be good at this.' So, f*** you!"

Now that the Golden Globe-nominated actress stars as depressed housewife Betty Draper on the Emmy-winning AMC series, she isn't holding a grudge against Demi Moore's husband, 31, who "only has nice things to say" now.

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"If anything, I should thank him," she says. "Because the minute you tell me I can't do something, that's when I'm most motivated."

Another motivating experience?

The onetime Abercrombie and Fitch model was at the gravesite of Doors frontman Jim Morrison in Paris when she realized she was "miserable" modeling.

"I left the agency and then -- very quickly -- decided to go to L.A. and try acting," she says. "Without any training!"

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And long after her split from Kutcher, she's still searching for the right guy.

"Dear men of America," she says, speaking into the GQ interviewer's recorder. "I like beer. I like football. I'm probably the most interesting girl you'll ever meet."

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  • Dr. Jack Meehoff
    Yea, like ashton whatever-the-fk-his name is is the next De Niro. You can't polish a turd. Better stick to the camera commercials you douche bag sh*t stain!
    report abuseposted November 20, 2009 6:36 PM PST
  • lady J.
    ASHTON..HAS BECOME A BAD ACTOR HIMSELF..TIME FOR HIM TO MOVE ON ..DEMI IS HURTING HIS CAREER.
    report abuseposted October 17, 2009 7:15 AM PDT
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    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 5:41 AM PDT
  • noname
    kutcer has never even won or been nominated for his movies, what does he know about "good acting"??
    report abuseposted October 13, 2009 6:25 PM PDT
  • Jules
    Loved her performance in "We Are Marshall". (I've never actually seen "Mad Men".) Ashton Kutcher is Michael Kelso. Period.
    report abuseposted October 13, 2009 2:32 PM PDT
  • Saelys
    Hah! What the heck does HE know about actual acting?!?!?
    report abuseposted October 13, 2009 1:09 PM PDT
  • Saelys
    Hah! What the heck does HE know about actual acting?!?!?
    report abuseposted October 13, 2009 1:09 PM PDT
  • Suzy
    Ashton Kutcher is a stuck up prick!
    report abuseposted October 13, 2009 12:06 PM PDT

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