0:00:00.431,0:00:07.807 (music) 0:00:07.807,0:00:11.290 What prompted you to come see me? 0:00:11.290,0:00:13.513 INTERVIEWERS: Great question.[br]We would ask you that! 0:00:13.513,0:00:14.283 INTERVIEWERS: Yeah. 0:00:14.283,0:00:16.231 How so? What do you mean? 0:00:16.231,0:00:17.662 (laughter) 0:00:17.662,0:00:21.298 I didn't invite you. What would I[br]want you in my house for? 0:00:21.298,0:00:24.129 INTERVIEWERS: We were going to ask you,[br]'Why are we here?' 0:00:24.129,0:00:26.265 I have no idea. Get out! 0:00:28.555,0:00:36.126 I came to Hollywood in '61. We[br]found an apartment on an estate in the 0:00:36.126,0:00:46.502 Hollywood Hills, and rented it. The second[br]night we're there, we hear a rustling outside. 0:00:46.502,0:00:55.458 So she went, peeked through the blinds[br]of the window, and there was a large avocado 0:00:55.458,0:01:00.570 tree growing right up next to the[br]apartment, and she beckoned me over. 0:01:00.570,0:01:09.999 I looked down, and there were two raccoons,[br]sitting on their back, chewing on avocados. 0:01:09.999,0:01:13.688 And I said, 'This is for me.' 0:01:13.688,0:01:15.926 (laughter) 0:01:15.926,0:01:19.118 I've been chewing on avocados[br]ever since I got here. 0:01:19.118,0:01:27.329 INTERVIEWERS: Are you still involved with[br]showbiz now? Are you doing anything behind the scenes, or-? 0:01:27.329,0:01:28.649 Would you like a kiss? 0:01:28.649,0:01:33.401 (laughter) 0:01:33.401,0:01:40.893 Yeah, I'm still involved in showbusiness.[br]I tour with a one-man show. 0:01:43.583,0:01:52.938 I do movies if you're making them,[br]and I'm quite viable... 0:01:52.938,0:01:55.209 in every sense of the word. 0:01:55.209,0:01:56.436 (laughter) 0:01:56.436,0:02:07.167 I have four children, and the youngest,[br]who's now 27, was deemed autistic 0:02:07.167,0:02:15.420 at 7 or 8, which is late. He's a[br]high-functioning autistic. 0:02:15.420,0:02:24.266 My lady at the time often said that she[br]doesn't think he's got autism, 0:02:24.266,0:02:28.094 she thinks he has asthmarism. 0:02:28.094,0:02:30.725 (laughter) 0:02:30.725,0:02:35.004 There was a time when he was riding[br]with me as a kid, 0:02:35.004,0:02:42.033 and I already had some fame, and a cop[br]pulled me over. 0:02:42.033,0:02:45.469 I did a wrong turn or something,[br]and a cop pulled me over. 0:02:45.469,0:02:55.230 And as the cop came up to the window to[br]write the ticket, Charlie leaned over towards 0:02:55.230,0:02:59.504 the window and he said, 'Do you know who[br]you're talking to?' 0:02:59.504,0:03:01.843 I went SHHHHHH 0:03:01.843,0:03:08.934 And that's one of the main efforts we[br]have. To get law enforcement to 0:03:08.934,0:03:17.445 understand there are these types of[br]people, that they cannot exercise ordinary 0:03:17.445,0:03:28.359 tough cop bullshit. They've got to assess[br]the situation and respond accordingly. 0:03:30.039,0:03:34.634 I've often said that the world would be a[br]happier place if it was run by autistics. 0:03:34.634,0:03:39.602 And it may well be. 0:03:39.602,0:03:44.175 INTERVIEWERS: So you've had an incredible[br]career, anything that you've done in- 0:03:44.175,0:03:50.693 Only the beginning of it. I'm not heralded[br]in every hallway in the world. 0:03:50.693,0:03:54.422 I still have to be discovered by a lot of[br]people. 0:03:54.422,0:03:56.863 INTERVIEWERS: Have you ever done standup? 0:03:56.863,0:04:02.146 No. I can't even do good sit down. 0:04:02.146,0:04:03.928 (laughter) 0:04:03.928,0:04:11.038 I'm with ABILITY Magazine (burps),[br]lots of sexy picture of 0:04:11.038,0:04:14.521 Mary without anything like me around her. 0:04:14.521,0:04:16.276 (laughter) 0:04:16.276,0:04:17.269 Okay, enough? 0:04:17.269,0:04:18.303 INTERVIEWERS: That's it. 0:04:18.303,0:04:23.246 How long you gonna fuss around?