there is a wonderful story of him being summoned by imelda marcos at 12:00 on friday, and it turned out it was midnight on friday, which meant he would not be able to drive to the meeting, sohe was not able to drive to meetings, so he had to walk through the philippines to the meetings space. if you have been to the philippines, late night is not the place for a non-native to engage in. he was one of the key figures to revive the republican party in the early 1980's after graduating from brandeis. he became chairman of the college republicans and at the same time i was chairman of the teenage republicans of pennsylvania, so i feel a kinship in a weird way. he has been a film producer, and philanthropist, and giving up to 80% of this income to various philanthropic causes. maybe the best summary of his character is his own hilarious summary of himself. "i was the power lifting, football-playing, orthodox jewish, right-wing republican opera buff. you know the type." [laughter] i am grateful to jack for agreeing to engage in this conversation to help us all understand the there is more. we