It's a balance. It would potentially be a great hot corned beef sandwich at Attman's [Deli], but it's also calf's liver, sweetbreads, things I can't eat. Kills my cholesterol. Anything that is dangerous to my health, I love. Including attractive women.
What else do you know really well?
I know a lot of opera. I'm really an opera degenerate. When I go home, I turn on opera immediately.
What are some of your favorite things?
Favorite movie: John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. My favorite drink is vodka. It used to be gin until my old customer Joe Levitt said, "Gin will harden your liver. Don't drink it." Favorite opera: Tristan and Isolde. Close second is everyone's all time favorite, La Boheme. Favorite model: Kate Moss. Favorite conservative: William Buckley. Favorite semi-liberal: Tom Friedman. Favorite politician: FDR. Favorite actress: Ingrid Bergman. Favorite actor: Paul Muni. Favorite sex symbol: Brigitte Bardot. Favorite woman: Gail Kaplan.
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