I've played horrible people and done horrible things, and there were moments on 'The Knick' where it was super uncomfortable - some of the things I had to do and say.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can say the most horrible things and it's not offensive, it's funny?

People who weren't there can say it was idiotic or shortsighted, but when you're in a moment where horrible things are happening in front of you, sometimes you just need to act on what's best.

Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.