1 00:00:00,431 --> 00:00:07,807 ♪ (intro music) ♪ 2 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:11,290 What prompted you to come see me? 3 00:00:11,290 --> 00:00:13,513 (Interviewer 1) Great question. We would ask you that! 4 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:14,283 (Interviewer 2) Yeah. 5 00:00:14,283 --> 00:00:16,231 How so? What do you mean? I didn't invite you. 6 00:00:16,231 --> 00:00:17,662 (laughter) 7 00:00:17,662 --> 00:00:21,298 What would I want you in my house for? 8 00:00:21,298 --> 00:00:24,129 (No.1) We were going to ask you, "Why are we here?" 9 00:00:24,129 --> 00:00:26,265 I have no idea. Get out! 10 00:00:28,555 --> 00:00:36,126 (No.2 laughs) 11 00:00:36,126 --> 00:00:46,502 I came to Hollywood in '61. 12 00:00:46,502 --> 00:00:55,458 We found an apartment on an estate in the Hollywood Hills and rented it. 13 00:00:55,458 --> 00:01:00,570 The second night we're there, we hear a rustling outside. 14 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:09,999 So she went, peeped through the blinds of the window 15 00:01:09,999 --> 00:01:13,688 and there was a large avocado tree growing right up next to the apartment, 16 00:01:13,688 --> 00:01:15,926 and she beckoned me over. 17 00:01:15,926 --> 00:01:19,118 I looked down, and there were two raccoons, 18 00:01:19,118 --> 00:01:27,329 sitting on their back, chewing on avocados. 19 00:01:27,329 --> 00:01:27,989 And I said, "This is for me." 20 00:01:27,989 --> 00:01:28,649 I've been chewing on avocados ever since I got here. 21 00:01:28,649 --> 00:01:32,401 (laughter) 22 00:01:32,401 --> 00:01:32,901 (No 2) Are you still involved with showbiz now? 23 00:01:32,901 --> 00:01:33,151 Are you doing anything behind the scenes, or-? 24 00:01:33,151 --> 00:01:33,276 Would you like a kiss? 25 00:01:33,276 --> 00:01:33,401 (laughter) 26 00:01:33,401 --> 00:01:40,893 Yeah, I'm still involved in show business. I tour with a one-man show. 27 00:01:43,583 --> 00:01:52,938 I do movies if you're making them, and I'm quite viable... 28 00:01:52,938 --> 00:01:55,209 in every sense of the word. 29 00:01:55,209 --> 00:01:56,436 (laughter) 30 00:01:56,436 --> 00:02:07,167 I have four children, and the youngest, who's now 27, was deemed autistic 31 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:15,420 at 7 or 8, which is late. He's a high-functioning autistic. 32 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:24,266 My lady at the time often said that she doesn't think he's got autism, 33 00:02:24,266 --> 00:02:28,094 she thinks he has Asner-ism. 34 00:02:28,094 --> 00:02:30,725 (laughter) 35 00:02:30,725 --> 00:02:35,004 There was a time when he was riding with me as a kid, 36 00:02:35,004 --> 00:02:42,033 and I already had some fame, and a cop pulled me over. 37 00:02:42,033 --> 00:02:45,469 I did a wrong turn or something, and a cop pulled me over. 38 00:02:45,469 --> 00:02:55,230 And as the cop came up to the window to write the ticket, Charlie leaned over towards 39 00:02:55,230 --> 00:02:59,504 the window and he said, 'Do you know who you're talking to?' 40 00:02:59,504 --> 00:03:01,843 I went Shhhh! 41 00:03:01,843 --> 00:03:08,934 And that's one of the main efforts we have, to get law enforcement to 42 00:03:08,934 --> 00:03:17,445 understand there are these types of people, that they cannot exercise ordinary 43 00:03:17,445 --> 00:03:28,359 tough cop bullshit. They've got to assess the situation and respond accordingly. 44 00:03:30,039 --> 00:03:34,634 I've often said that the world would be a happier place if it was run by autistics. 45 00:03:34,634 --> 00:03:39,602 And it may well be. 46 00:03:39,602 --> 00:03:44,175 (No 1) So you've had an incredible career, anything that you've done in- 47 00:03:44,175 --> 00:03:50,693 Only the beginning of it. I'm not heralded in every hallway in the world. 48 00:03:50,693 --> 00:03:54,422 I still have to be discovered by a lot of people. 49 00:03:54,422 --> 00:03:56,863 INTERVIEWERS: Have you ever done stand up? 50 00:03:56,863 --> 00:04:02,146 No. I can't even do good sit down. 51 00:04:02,146 --> 00:04:03,928 (laughter) 52 00:04:03,928 --> 00:04:11,038 I'm with ABILITY Magazine (burps), Lots of sexy picture of 53 00:04:11,038 --> 00:04:14,521 Mary without anything like me around her. 54 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:16,276 (laughter) 55 00:04:16,276 --> 00:04:17,269 Okay, enogh? 56 00:04:17,269 --> 00:04:18,303 Interviewer: That's it. 57 00:04:18,303 --> 00:04:23,246 How long are you going to fuss around?