i did it honestly, but i had a point of view, very strong. >> warren helstein says that when they werers, lauren asked helstein's father, a tailor, to make him one of his first suits. >> but i remember going down to my father's place with him and it was very difficult. i just said to my father, "dad, do whatever he likes." he said, "i cannot please him." i said, "ok. that's it." >> even though he was a perfectionist, lauren was a guy's guy. >> he liked basketball best, i would say. he was ok. we were all good. >> how are you? >> in 2011, when oprah winfrey came to interview him on his colorado ranch, lauren shared his earliest ambitions. >> did you always want to be a cowboy? >> i wanted to be a baseball player, a basketball player, i wanted to be an actor, a dancer. actually, i wanted to be batman. that is a secret i am telling you, everyone out there. >> [laughs] >> when he was in his late teens, he and his brother jerry opted for a name change. >> as ralph said to me, the problem with the name lifshitz is it had the word [bleep] in it. and he endured endless teasing that continued t