Commenting on similarities (other than a penchant for gardening) with fellow actor James Cagney, whose last film also featured Mr. Sirola (and whom the latter admired to the extent of investing in the Off-Broadway musical, "Cagney"): "He had red hair, I had red hair... He went to Stuyvesant High School, I went to Stuyvesant High School. He was in the Players club, I am in the Players club. He was in the Friars Club, I am in the Friars Club."