Real life celebrities who have or probably have Aspergers
“I really, really struggled,” he says. “I would cry every day. I went nuts, ended up missing a whole year. I just can’t — I can’t exist in normal group situations. A classroom, where you have to sort of jockey for position, compete for attention — I would just withdraw. I literally didn’t know how to function.”
“Performing gives you a very clear set of directives,” he says. “You have this role that’s written out for you, the person you’re talking to has a role that’s written out for them and — at least as long as you’re on stage or the cameras are rolling — everything has this structure and this set of rules. You know your place. You don’t have to account for your own personality. And it creates this entirely fake social environment which can be very, very comforting.”
I can completely relate to him. Especially the structure and set of rules. I hate when I have no set rules or directions. He says it very well.
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I saw Richard Reeves, author of President Nixon: Alone in the White House, give a talk on C-Span.
He said Dick Nixon had three major interests.
1)sports, which he seemed to know everything there was to know,
2) campaign management, and it seemed like he would be happy to manage every campaign in the country, both sides,
3) and getting even, which he seemed to think about a heck of a lot.
Reeves told one story in which U.S. Border Control or somebody was showing off a new person detecting device. Dick walked past it and it went off and he said, See, I'm human.
There was a handwritten note in which Dick watched "All in the Family" for the first time and he described it, Archie is a square, other characters seem to make fun of him. Is this common on TV? That is, he didn't seem to really get the show, at least not at first.
In a question and answer period, Reeves said, no, Dick Nixon was just wired up differently.
http://www.amazon.com/President-Nixon-A ... 127&sr=1-1 (the book)
Now, Reeves didn't say Nixon was Aspie, but it did get me thinking.
--> This is the very interesting part. This is the C-Span video I remember. (and with waiting and introductions, it starts about 11:00 into it)
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/167320-2
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Other people, who have lived more positive lives, and who were probably Aspie include:
Carl Sagan,
Jane Austen,
Bertrand Russell
I brought it up on another sub forum but Doctor Drew Pinsky says former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman may have AS.
He hates making eye contact (so he wears sunglasses during some of his interviews).
He has meltdowns in games against referees.
Many of his Bulls teammates said he was monosyllabic and rarely spoke (shyness).
Speaking of shyness, he never got a date in HS and lost his V card to a prostitute at age 20.
Former Pistons teammate Joe Dumars talked about how hyperfocused Dennis was on defense and on the sole purpose of winning.
He is obsessed with defense and rebounding
He has a monotone voice.
But then...there are other symptoms of AS he doesn't fit also.
Everytime I think of famous aspies I always think of David Byrne, he said he was an aspie, and it is totally obvious. Talking Heads will never be recreated because the bass player claims that David Byrne is incapable of love. That is such a common aspie trait, not the trait of being unloving, but the trait of appearing unloving.
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