1 00:00:00,108 --> 00:00:07,158 ♪ (intro music) ♪ 2 00:00:07,215 --> 00:00:10,163 What prompted you to come see me? 3 00:00:10,163 --> 00:00:13,523 (Interviewer 1) Great question. We would ask you that! 4 00:00:13,523 --> 00:00:14,178 (Interviewer 2) Yeah. 5 00:00:14,178 --> 00:00:18,002 How so? What do you mean? I didn't invite you. 6 00:00:18,002 --> 00:00:19,682 (laughter) 7 00:00:19,682 --> 00:00:21,586 What would I want you in my house for? 8 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:23,826 (No.1) We were going to ask you, "Why are we here?" 9 00:00:23,826 --> 00:00:26,082 I have no idea. Get out! 10 00:00:26,082 --> 00:00:27,683 (No.2 laughs) 11 00:00:27,683 --> 00:00:30,899 I came to Hollywood in '61. 12 00:00:30,899 --> 00:00:41,027 We found an apartment on an estate in the Hollywood Hills and rented it. 13 00:00:41,027 --> 00:00:46,963 The second night we're there, we hear a rustling outside. 14 00:00:46,963 --> 00:00:52,451 So she went, peeped through the blinds of the window 15 00:00:52,451 --> 00:00:58,066 and there was a large avocado tree growing right up next to the apartment, 16 00:00:58,066 --> 00:01:01,299 and she beckoned me over. 17 00:01:01,299 --> 00:01:05,203 I looked down, and there were two raccoons, 18 00:01:05,203 --> 00:01:09,476 sitting on their back, chewing on avocados. 19 00:01:09,476 --> 00:01:14,099 And I said, "This is for me." 20 00:01:14,099 --> 00:01:19,556 I've been chewing on avocados ever since I got here. 21 00:01:19,556 --> 00:01:20,675 (laughter) 22 00:01:20,675 --> 00:01:22,722 (No 2) Are you still involved with showbiz now? 23 00:01:22,722 --> 00:01:27,299 Are you doing anything behind the scenes, or-? 24 00:01:27,299 --> 00:01:29,891 Would you like a kiss? 25 00:01:29,891 --> 00:01:30,932 (laughter) 26 00:01:30,932 --> 00:01:40,964 Yeah, I'm still involved in show business. I tour with a one-man show. 27 00:01:40,964 --> 00:01:52,035 I do movies if you're making them, and I'm quite viable... 28 00:01:52,035 --> 00:01:55,890 in every sense of the word. 29 00:01:55,890 --> 00:01:56,965 (laughter) 30 00:01:56,965 --> 00:02:07,220 I have four children, and the youngest, who's now 27, was deemed autistic 31 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:15,268 at 7 or 8, which is late. He's a high-functioning autistic. 32 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:24,546 My lady at the time often said that she doesn't think he's got autism, 33 00:02:24,546 --> 00:02:27,044 she thinks he has Asner-ism. 34 00:02:27,044 --> 00:02:30,550 (laughter) 35 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:35,829 There was a time when he was riding with me as a kid, 36 00:02:35,829 --> 00:02:42,788 and I already had some fame, and a cop pulled me over. 37 00:02:42,788 --> 00:02:46,242 I did a wrong turn or something, and a cop pulled me over. 38 00:02:46,242 --> 00:02:55,636 And as the cop came up to the window to write the ticket, Charlie leaned over towards 39 00:02:55,636 --> 00:02:59,155 the window and he said, 'Do you know who you're talking to?' 40 00:02:59,155 --> 00:03:01,588 I went Shhhh! 41 00:03:01,588 --> 00:03:09,028 And that's one of the main efforts we have, to get law enforcement to 42 00:03:09,028 --> 00:03:17,396 understand there are these types of people, that they cannot exercise ordinary 43 00:03:17,396 --> 00:03:28,435 tough cop bullshit. They've got to assess the situation and respond accordingly. 44 00:03:28,435 --> 00:03:35,203 I've often said that the world would be a happier place if it was run by autistics. 45 00:03:35,203 --> 00:03:39,541 And it may well be. 46 00:03:39,541 --> 00:03:44,517 (No 1) So you've had an incredible career, anything that you've done in- 47 00:03:44,517 --> 00:03:50,915 Only the beginning of it. I'm not heralded in every hallway in the world. 48 00:03:50,915 --> 00:03:55,253 I still have to be discovered by a lot of people. 49 00:03:55,253 --> 00:03:57,460 INTERVIEWERS: Have you ever done stand up? 50 00:03:57,460 --> 00:04:01,764 No. I can't even do good sit down. 51 00:04:01,764 --> 00:04:03,240 (laughter) 52 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:11,508 I'm with ABILITY Magazine (burps), Lots of sexy picture of 53 00:04:11,508 --> 00:04:14,853 Mary without anything like me around her. 54 00:04:14,853 --> 00:04:16,596 (laughter) 55 00:04:16,596 --> 00:04:17,861 Okay, enogh? 56 00:04:17,861 --> 00:04:19,046 Interviewer: That's it. 57 00:04:19,046 --> 00:04:20,499 How long are you going to fuss around?