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ABILITY Magazine Interview: Ed Asner

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    What prompted you to come see me?
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    INTERVIEWERS: Great question.
    We would ask you that!
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    INTERVIEWERS: Yeah.
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    How so? What do you mean?
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    (laughter)
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    I didn't invite you. What would I
    want you in my house for?
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    INTERVIEWERS: We were going to ask you,
    'Why are we here?'
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    I have no idea. Get out!
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    I came to Hollywood in '61. We
    found an apartment on an estate in the
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    Hollywood Hills, and rented it. 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, and there was a large avocado
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    tree growing right up next to the
    apartment, and she beckoned me over.
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    I looked down, and there were two raccoons,
    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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    I've been chewing on avocados
    ever since I got here.
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    INTERVIEWERS: Are you still involved with showbiz
    now? Are you doing anything behind the scenes, or-?
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    Would you like a kiss?
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    (laughter)
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    Yeah, I'm still involved in showbusiness.
    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 youngest,
    who's now 27, was deemed autistic
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    at 7 or 8, which is late. He's a
    high-functioning autistic.
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    My lady at the time often said that she
    doesn't think he's got autism,
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    she thinks he has asthmarism.
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    (laughter)
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    There was a time when he was riding
    with me as a kid,
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    and I already had some fame, and a cop
    pulled me over.
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    I did a wrong turn or something,
    and a cop pulled me over.
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    And as the cop came up to the window to
    write the ticket, Charlie leaned over towards
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    the window and he said, 'Do you know who
    you're talking to?'
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    I went SHHHHHH
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    And that's one of the main efforts we
    have. To get law enforcement to
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    understand there are these types of
    people, that they cannot exercise ordinary
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    tough cop bullshit. They've got to assess
    the situation and respond accordingly.
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    I've often said that the world would be a
    happier place if it was run by autistics.
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    And it may well be.
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    INTERVIEWERS: So you've had an incredible
    career, anything that you've done-
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    Only the beginning of it. I'm not heralded
    in every hallway in the world.
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    I still have to be discovered by a lot of
    people.
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    INTERVIEWERS: Have you ever done standup?
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    No. I can't even do good sit down.
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    (laughter)
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    I'm with ABILITY Magazine (burps),
    lots of sexy picture of
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    Mary without anything like me around her.
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    (laughter)
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    Okay, enough?
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    INTERVIEWERS: That's it.
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    How long you gonna fuss around?
Title:
ABILITY Magazine Interview: Ed Asner
Video Language:
English
Team:
ABILITY Magazine
Duration:
04:26

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