Ed Asner

I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

I don't know who made the Earth. I woke up one morning, and it's here. I make the best of it.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.