Hey guys, Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood.

The Special Olympics World Games have landed in Los Angeles and from athletes to actors, I am taking you behind the scenes of the opening ceremonies.

Uh, well my mother started Special Olympics, so I've been involved in it almost since my own birth, and uh, I've learned a lot over the years.

I've traveled all over the world, and um, it's taught me a lot about letting old beliefs go, about preconceived notions, and about, as I said, kindness and bravery and courage.

And so for me, it's a very inspiring event to come to.

Well this is my first time here.

Um, so and uh, I I spoke to Maria a few weeks ago and she said, "Please come."

I was like, "Why wouldn't I?"

This is so cool, so I'm excited to experience it for the first time with Maria.

Have you ever been to the actual Olympics?

No, I've never, I never leave the house, so this is this is amazing.

So how does this compare to being on set on American Horror Story?

Honestly, it's the energy is the same.

We're everybody on the set is we're always very energetic, even if we're tired, we still try to pull through. Second guest: I've been a part of the Special Olympics movement since '92, when I first sang for uh, the Very Special Christmas album. Second guest: And then after that, I was asked to be a board member and it's been nothing but family ever since. Second guest: Um, once you become a part of the movement, you they won't let you go. Second guest: And it's such an amazing opportunity when you can see change and when you can see globalization in a tangible way.

You know, I just worked with Noah Galloway, who was missing an arm and a leg last season and it really opened my world to how incredible people are, they overcome their injuries and their difficulties and whatever it is that sets them back and still raise that bar and do things just as incredible as anybody else other person on this planet.

And for me, uh, it truly captured my heart and I want to throw as much support into that as I can.

And so when I got asked to be a part of this, it wasn't even a question in my mind.

It was absolutely, what do you want me to do, how much?

I'm there.

Well, I have a niece with Down Syndrome and I have my first cousin has Down Syndrome, so uh, I'm very familiar with um, people that have Down Syndrome and I enjoy um, being around and I enjoy seeing to it that they reach their full potential in life.

Here we go, World Games, here we go!

Talk about how the Olympics bring a fresh take to the Special Olympics.

Well, the message is um, is one and common, it's you unite all these Olympic values.

Either if you are a Special Olympic athlete or you're a Olympian athlete.

The message is one, the journey, enjoy the journey.

And it's United Nation, we unite all these nation with these Olympic values.

And all those things, you know, coming from the birthplace of uh, of not only democracy, but the birthdays of the Olympics, that is Greek, I'm really proud, I'm really proud of it.

It's not about winning as much as it is participating and the teamwork and the camaraderie, and you just see so many special situations where you see athletes that in normal situations would be competitors, actually helping one another along.

Today, it's the the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics.

And if I do concern myself an a ordinary athlete, those athletes are extraordinary.

That's why we we flew all the way from Greece here.

The last last Special Olympics was uh in Athens.

So now it's in this historical stadium, Colosseum.

So we are here to spread the message to support and embrace those extraordinary athletes.

And it's a great honor and I thank you the American Special Olympic Committee that uh they appointed me as uh official uh commissioner of gymnastics.

So I'm there to uh to support them, embrace them and yes, you guys come to see and support all these athletes.

Miles, it is so nice to have a Hollywood presence here at the Special Olympics.

This is I I always wanted to come here and this is awesome.

Just so far everything that's set up is really cool, so I want to see more.

Okay, so we know you're a killer actor, but how's your athletic ability?

Actually, I do play basketball in real life.

Yesterday I just came from came home from a game.

And um, I think I did pretty good, probably not as good as these guys, but um, I actually do want to play in the Olympics soon when I grow up.

If you can pick an Olympic sport that you would want to tackle, maybe win a medal, what would it be?

I would have to say soccer because I used to play some football, so and I used to run some tracks.

So I feel like I got the running thing good, you know.

I feel like that would be my best bet.

What one Olympic sport or how many can I say?

Give me as many as you got.

Well, I for Special Olympics, I've been involved with basketball and bowling.

And which is your favorite?

Honestly, I would say the basketball, anything indoors.

Let's run it back.

Anything indoors.

Is sitting eating Cheetos, is that a sport?

I'd give you a ten, yeah.

Thanks.

Yeah.

That's what it would be.

If you had advice to give to young people who just want to strive to be the best athlete ever, what would you say?

I would always say continue having fun.

You have to have fun, you have to love what you're doing.

Focus.

Have a good time.

And uh, don't stress it, but take on the challenge.

When I was younger, I did not I was around a lot of peers that were far better than me, uh from a skill set standpoint.

So in order to get to that level, uh I really had to dedicate myself.

So I did beyond what the coaches told me.

Uh really just putting myself uh in a in a position to to to play and compete.

Nothing is impossible because everything is possible.

I got the medal that was for the first one in 100 years from Greece.

So if I did it, you can do it.

If you can spread a message to the world, which you have been doing for years already, what would it be?

It would be two-fold.

Um, it would be take the time to reach out to one person with intellectual disabilities if you've never done it before.

Uh, you can volunteer, you can instead of writing a check, which we love to have checks written.

But uh, uh, familiar or familiarize yourself with a family.

If you don't have a family, join a family.

Insert yourself and it'll change your life and I think that that's what changes the world, one person at a time.

That's why we're here.

This is a global, a global movement, join the crowd.

But the Special Olympics brings brings people together worldwide.

And we're all a family.

There's no I in team, is in one of the many mantras I live by is you try, you fail, you try, you fail.

But the true is failure is when you stop trying.

The key is to always try.

And if you need the help, you have family, no matter who it is, if it's your personal family or professional family, they're always there to grab you by surprise.