The amusing part is who came first in this poll.

Titbits -

According to his brother, one early job of Simon's was working as a runner on Stanley Kubrick's The Shining —but did not get along well with colleagues and bosses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell

No big deal, Kubrick fired one of the clapper loaders on their first morning when he saw the crewperson holding the film can upside down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapper_loader