If you want someone to take you seriously, talk to them in person. Research shows it’s much easier to convince someone of something when you speak to them directly instead of over text or email. (, , )

Vito Corleone’s cat in The Godfather was a stray the film’s writer/director, Francis Ford Coppola, found on the Paramount lot. It purred so loudly that some of Marlon Brando’s dialogue had to be dubbed. (, , )