Patrick Fischler

'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.

I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.

I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.

I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.