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> [There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/there-s-never-been-a-time-in-history-no-matter-what-the-public-thinks/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

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## More by Ed Asner

> [All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/all-capitalists-should-be-like-warren-buffett-and-he-says-he-should/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/there-are-genuinely-sufficient-resources-in-the-world-to-ensure-that/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/the-older-i-ve-gotten-the-more-the-need-to-exert-comedy-no-matter-how/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/and-there-you-have-your-founders-and-framers-in-all-their-elite-glory/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/to-my-knowledge-there-is-no-blacklist-but-there-is-a-mindset-even/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [I've never stopped loving cartoons. I loved cartoons as a kid. I can still look at them and enjoy them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/i-ve-never-stopped-loving-cartoons-i-loved-cartoons-as-a-kid-i-can/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/the-treasure-shouldn-t-do-the-hunting-and-you-re-a-treasure/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/always-keep-yourself-engaged-in-theater-in-whatever-job-you-can-get/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/if-you-can-t-get-an-acting-job-then-go-backstage-or-take-tickets/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [“Of all the Founders, Adams may have been the most churchgoing. But as a Unitarian, he did not believe in the Holy Trinity, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/of-all-the-founders-adams-may-have-been-the-most-churchgoing-but-as-a/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/i-went-into-acting-as-psychotherapy-and-it-s-still-a-work-in-progress/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/never-thought-acting-was-something-you-could-make-a-living-at-it-wasn/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [“Pissed off by the lies, misrepresentations, and outright horseshit, I decided it was time to strike back. It was time to reclaim the Constitution.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/pissed-off-by-the-lies-misrepresentations-and-outright-horseshit-i/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/some-of-my-earliest-political-feelings-were-based-on-the-anti/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

> [“Roughly speaking: more than forty held government bonds. More than twenty were moneylenders. Over fifteen were slave owners. The rest an assortment of land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-asner/roughly-speaking-more-than-forty-held-government-bonds-more-than/)

[Ed Asner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-asner/)

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