Ed Asner

“I love acting.”

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

“Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.”

“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 play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.”

“I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.”

“Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.”

“I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.”

“I've never stopped loving cartoons. I loved cartoons as a kid. I can still look at them and enjoy them.”

“It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category.”

“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.”

“If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.”

“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.”

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