My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
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… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
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… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
“And there you have your Founders and Framers in all their elite glory—the 1 percent of their time. Many spent more than they made.… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
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… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
I've never stopped loving cartoons. I loved cartoons as a kid. I can still look at them and enjoy them. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
“Of all the Founders, Adams may have been the most churchgoing. But as a Unitarian, he did not believe in the Holy Trinity, the… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
