Top 30 Quotes by Ed Asner

About Ed Asner

These are some quotes by American author Ed Asner Actor, who was born on November 15, 1929.

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.

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

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'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.

I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.

Ed Asner

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.'

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.'

Ed Asner

Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.

Ed Asner

I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.

I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.

Ed Asner

There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should be.

There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should be.

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.

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

Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

Ed Asner

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

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

Ed Asner

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