Lester pulled me out of all that and gave me work. I mean, when you hit the pit, somebody reaches down and pulls you out, gives you that new lease, you owe him, owe him big-time. So when Lester tells me, “I think my only child, Laura, is being abused, humiliated, by this character she worships.” He says, “I hear that this tennis-playing half-a-hump gets a sadistic thrill out of degrading my little girl.” Lester tells me, he’s lost weight, can’t sleep, the joy has left his life. “I’m asking a favor,” he says, “a little help. Go check this bum out. See what’s happening, then do what you have to do.” You see, I believe in the philosophy of looking out for your friends. You know, “Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will ease your mind.” I mean, you cannot pick your family, we all know that. It’s your friends that you choose. Anybody with a half a brain knows that. So, I’m thinking, what’s there to think about. You owe this man your life. See, for thirty years I’m a half-assed connected guy out of South Brooklyn.
