Met Alan Ladd in 1960 in Hotel "Montenegro," (Podgorica, Montenegro), as Ladd was starring in "Orazi e Curiazi." As Ladd was signing his photograph for Stefan, he spelled out Stefan's nickname "Sasha" as "Sacha" after Sacha Distel. Stefan told him that he would like to be a movie producer, on which Ladd commented, "That's better than to be an actor like me.".