LEE WILL BE HONORED WITH THE DGA
AWARD ON MARCH 12th.
>> Jason: WELL, YOU MIGHT
RECOGNIZE HIM FROM THE HIT SHOW
"CRIMINAL MINDS" AND COUNTLESS
OTHER SHOWS.
NOW JOE MANTEGNA IS TAKING ON
GNAW SHOW AS A DAD IN "AS WE SEE
IT" ON AMAZON PRIME.
>> WELL PLAYED, JACK.
>> I DIDN’T PLAY WELL.
YOU PLAYED POORLY.
IF YOU PLAYED A HEART, YOU WOULD
HAVE WON.
YOU’RE VERY OLD AND SO PERHAPS
YOU DIDN’T HAVE ALZHEIMER’S.
>> I’M SORRY.
IT’S THE ASPERGER’S.
HE DOESN’T MEAN IT.
>> I MEAN IT.
SHE TANKED THAT HAND.
>> YOUR SON IS A HOOT.
YOU OUGHT TO BRING HIM AROUND
MORE OFTEN.
>> Jason: [LAUGHING]
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW
SERIES IS THE ONE, THE ONLY JOE
MANTEGNA.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, JOE.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Jason: TELL US WHAT "AS WE
SEE IT" IS ALL ABOUT.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT FOLLOWS
THE LIVES OF THESE THREE YOUNG
ADULTS WHO ARE ALL ON THE AUTISM
SPECTRUM, AND NOW I HAVE -- MY
OLDEST DAUGHTER IS ON THE AUTISM
SPECTRUM, SO IT’S SOMETHING THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELATE TO IN
MANY, MANY WAYS.
AND WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS
ALL THREE ACTORS ACTUALLY ARE ON
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, EVEN HAD 12
PEOPLE ON THE CREW WHO WERE ON
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
IT WAS JUST DONE SO WONDERFULLY.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FINEST SCRIPTS
I HAVE READ IN MY 5046-PLUS YEAR
CAREER.
I FEEL BLESSED TO BE PART OF IT.
I THINK IT’S SUCH A GREAT
SERIES.
ALL EIGHT EPISODES CAME OUT
WONDERFULLY AND TRUE TO LIFE.
IT’S AS FUNNY AS IT IS SERIOUS.
IT RUNS THE GAMET.
"AS WE SEE IT" IS AN APPROPRIATE
TITLE FOR IT.
>> Jason: THE SHOW OBVIOUSLY
TOUCHES ON IMPORTANT SOCIAL
ISSUES.
OF COURSE, ACCEPTANCE,
INCLUSIVITY, BUT ALSO ABOUT
PLAYING LOU AND WHAT YOU ENJOY
ABOUT THRAIG THIS ROLE.
>> WELL, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT’S
NOT OF THE THAN I GET A CHANCE
TO STEP INTO A ROLE THAT ASPECTS
OF IT MIRROR WHAT MY DAY TO DAY
LIFE IS LIKE.
MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO BE 35
YEARS OLD, HAS AUTISM, AND IT
HAS ITS UNIQUE KIND OF
CHALLENGES TO BE A PARENT LIKE
THAT, IT’S A CHALLENGE FOR MY
WIFE, MY OTHER DAUGHTER, HER
SISTER, MYSELF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MY WATCH WORDS IN
LIFE ARE EVERYBODY HAS A STORY
AND NOBODY GETS A FREE RIDE.
SO THIS IS OUR STORY, AND THIS
IS THE RIDE WE’RE TAKING.
THAT’S ALL FINE.
I FEEL VERY BLESSED.
I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.
I THINK DOING THIS SHOW IS A
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LIKE, OKAY,
HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT’S
LIKE TO BE PARTED OF THIS WORLD.
I THINK MORE AND MORE, I THINK
EVERYBODY CAN RELATE TO IT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE OR IS
RELATED TO SOMEONE WHO IS MAYBE
ON THE SPECTRUM AND THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT,
A DAY IN THE LIFE, WHAT A LIFE
IN THE LIFE, WHAT THAT’S LIKE.
AND IT RUNS THE GAMUT.
AND I THINK IF PEOPLE WATCH IT,
THEY’LL UNDERSTAND IT.
>> Jason: OFF OF YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER DO I SEE A LICENSE
PLATE THAT SAYS "FAT TONY"?
>> YOU MAY VERY WELL.
I MEAN, CONSIDERING THAT’S MY
LONGEST-RUNNING CHARACTER.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER
30 YEARS NOW.
IT’S PROBABLY ONE OF THE, YOU
KNOW, CITIZEN SWAG THINGS.
I’VE GOT SIMPSON’S STUFF ALL
OVER, BETWEEN SIMPSON’S AND
CRIMINAL MINDS, THOSE ARE MY TWO
LONGEST-RUNNING THINGS I’VE DONE
IN MY LIFE.
SO I’M NOT SURPRISED THERE’S A
FEW THINGS HANGING AROUND HERE.
>> Jason: YEAH, IT’S A HUGE
SIMPSON’S FAN, IT’S AN HONOR TO
TACK TO YOU YOU, FAT TONY.
SO AS YOU LOOK OVER YOUR CAREER,
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT OUT AS Y
ACTUAL FAVORITE CHARACTER OR
ROLE?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY ISN’T.
THERE REALLY ISN’T.
I CAN PROBABLY PICK TEN THINGS,
BUT MOST FAVORITE THINGS WERE
THINGS I’VE NEVER ESENIOR WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIAL BECAUSE PART OF
IT WAS THE LOCATION.
I HAVE DONE FILMS IN ITALY AND
FRANCE AND SPAIN AND MOSCOW THAT
I’LL SAY THE MYSELF, YOU KNOW
WHAT I’M NOT SURE HOW THE MOVIE
IS GOING TO TURN OUT, BUT THAT
WAS A HELL OF A TRIP.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
SO I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE
HAD THE LIFE I’VE HAD AND TO
SHARE IT WITH MY FAMILY AND TO
DO THE THINGS I’VE DONE.
SO THERE’S NO ONE THING THAT
STANDS OUT.
I JUST FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE HAD
THE LIFE THAT I’VE HAD.
>> Jason: WELL, JOE, WE’RE OUT
OF OUR TIME IN OUR FIVE-MINUTE
WINDOW, BURR IT’S BEEN A
PLEASURE SPEAKING WITH YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Jason: THE SHOW IS "AS WE