I think I'm a part of a whole phenomenon of 2nd generation immigrant kids who are filmmakers. A friend of mine, Patrick Mullan , made a film about Irish music. I think the kinds of films that Spike Lee decides to do are part of his culture that hasn't been addressed. It's not that all Jewish men are nebbishy or victims, or all Italians are gangsters, or it's not that all Irish are drunks, that's not the culture we grew up on. We'll struggle for years to say this is a part of our ethnic experience.
Hank is a household figure in a lot of Jewish homes.
I think, though, to be able to sustain yourself all these years you have to be absolutely passionate, it's like a political mission. There are sports figures all over the world, which is what I felt how Dominicans were following Sammy Sosa . I think it was very similar. I haven't heard any anti- or racial Latin things ever said about Sosa. But I think we also have to tell people this is where we've come from.