Comedian/actor Jerry Seinfeld said in an interview Thursday that he thinks he has a mild form of autism.
"I think, on a very drawn-out scale, I think I'm on the spectrum," Seinfeld told NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
His revelation that he displays traits similar to those suffering from autism spectrum disorder introduced people to a darker side of the "funny" guy.
"You know, never paying attention to the right things. Basic social engagement is really a struggle. I'm very literal. When people talk to me and they use expressions, sometimes I don't know what they're saying. I don't see it as dysfunctional. I just think of it as an alternate mindset," said Seinfeld, who has never been officially diagnosed with the developmental disorder, Seattle Pi reports.
Williams, who called the 60-year-old actor "the most restless man in comedy", discussed a range of issues with Seinfeld, from his long career as a stand-up comedian to latest web series - "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." The series has been running from 2012.
Williams asked him what really drives him to do stand-up comedy even after so many years.
"If you're more interested in what you have achieved or what your financial position enables you to do than that thing that got those things, you're screwed - in my opinion, you're screwed," Contactmusic.com reports.
Seinfeld shot to fame with his TV sitcom series "Seinfeld" that ran from 1989 to 1998 on NBC. In the sitcom, he played a semi-fictional version of himself. It was co-created with Larry David.
