Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Yitzhak Edward "Ed" Asneris an American film, television, stage, and 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 November 1929
CityKansas City, KS
CountryUnited States of America
There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should be.
Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.
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.
You don't work with Cloris Leachman, you experience her.
If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.
I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
I've never stopped loving cartoons. I loved cartoons as a kid. I can still look at them and enjoy them.
In a way, 'WALL-E' had some of the same disturbing elements that 'Up' does.
I don't know who made the Earth. I woke up one morning, and it's here. I make the best of it.
I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.
yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.