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ABILITY Magazine Interview: Ed Asner

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    What prompted you to come see me?
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    (Interviewer 1) Great question.
    We would ask you that!
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    (Interviewer 2) Yeah.
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    How so? What do you mean?
    I didn't invite you.
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    (laughter)
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    What would I want you in my house for?
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    (No.1) We were going to ask you,
    "Why are we here?"
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    I have no idea. Get out!
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    (No.2 laughs)
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    I came to Hollywood in '61.
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    We found an apartment on an estate
    in the Hollywood Hills and rented it.
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    The second night we're there,
    we hear a rustling outside.
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    So she went, peeked
    through the blinds of the window
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    and there was a large avocado tree
    growing right up next to the apartment,
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    and she beckoned me over.
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    I looked down,
    and there were two raccoons,
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    sitting on their back,
    chewing on avocados.
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    And I said, "This is for me."
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    (laughter)
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    Yeah, I'm still involved in show business.
    I tour with a one-man show.
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    I do movies if you're making them,
    and I'm quite viable...
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    in every sense of the word.
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    (laughter)
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    I have four children, and the
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Title:
ABILITY Magazine Interview: Ed Asner
Video Language:
English
Team:
ABILITY Magazine
Duration:
04:26

English, British subtitles

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