 He's of Romanian descent with his grandparents having immigrated from a small village near Botoşani, Romania.His father, Si Milton, became a truck driver, then a yeast salesman, and eventually a bakery and restaurant owner.Milton's work as an apprentice baker contributed to his play, "Bread", which debuted at The American Place Theater in New York and had a successful run at the Theater Dortmund in Dortmund, Germany.