Q: Let me start with a question you may have heard before: Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun? Which was the same question that a character on the very popular television show Seinfeld was asked and who, not by coincidence, shares your name.

A: I used to represent [Seinfeld co-creator] Larry David, who is a very close friend of mine. In fact, he's been a close friend for 20 years, and I have the pleasure of playing golf with him almost every weekend, which is quite an experience. Anyway, one day he wasn't playing up to his potential, and he wanted to quit. I think it was on the 14th hole. So I said, "How about I give you a stroke or a hole or something, and if you win I'll buy you dinner anywhere in Los Angeles. And he goes, "What do I care if you pay for my dinner?" So I said, "Whatever you want," because I'm never going to lose to him. But then I hit the ball out of bounds on the 18th hole. Which, by the way, on this particular golf course is impossible to do. And he beat me. Six months later my office phone rings and he says, "Remember the bet?" I say, "No, what bet?" He goes, "You know, the bet. We're shooting the show and I'm using your name." Anyway, to make a long story short, the reason you only hear the character referred to as "Lloyd Braun" - it's never "Lloyd" or "Mister Braun" - is because every time they do the character, he's sticking it to me.