It's self-effacing, it's hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor.
I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
| Neil Abercrombie, Politician (1938) |
| Georgie Fame, Musician (1943) |
| Warren Farrell, Writer (1943) |
| Milton Glaser, Designer (1929) |
| Chris Isaak, Musician (1956) |
| Derek Jeter, Athlete (1974) |
| Lord Kelvin, Scientist (1824) |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Businessman (1963) |
| John Langdon, Politician (1741) |
| Greg LeMond, Athlete (1961) |
| Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Theologian (1988) |
| Simon Cameron, Politician (1889) |
| Roy Campanella, Athlete (1993) |
| Nora Ephron, Author (2012) |
| James Weldon Johnson, Poet (1938) |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Musician (1997) |
| Karl Landsteiner, Scientist (1943) |

