Quotes by Ed Asner

About Ed Asner:

Edward "Ed" Asner is an American film, television, and stage actor, voice actor, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is primarily known for his role as Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same leading character in both a comedy and a drama. He is also known for portraying Santa Claus in the 2003 comedy Elf.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.

Ed Asner

In a way, 'WALL-E' had some of the same disturbing elements that 'Up' does.

Ed Asner

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.

Ed Asner

They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think ...

Ed Asner

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Ed Asner

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

Ed Asner

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

Ed Asner

I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.

Ed Asner

When I was working my way up, it seemed to me that only Westerns and 'Star Treks' or sci-fi movies could afford to get away with presenting the problems - like prejudice and desegregation, for instance - that we face in our everyday lives.

Ed Asner

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

Ed Asner

Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

Ed Asner

Some of my earliest political feelings were based on the anti-Japanese bubblegum cards I got. There were also Spanish Civil War bubblegum cards. Awful.

Ed Asner

Author Bio

  • NameEd Asner
  • DescriptionAmerican film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild
  • AliasesEdward Asner
  • BornNovember 15, 1929
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Voice Actor; Film Producer; Politician