Quotes from Ed Asner

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

I also think that there is a strong streak of racism, and whenever we engage in foreign adventures. Our whole history in regime change has been of people of different color.

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.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

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.'

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.

In a way, 'WALL-E' had some of the same disturbing elements that 'Up' does.

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.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Most of the Founders and Framers were Deists. Deism is a religion that believes in a God who really doesn't give a shit.

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

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

I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything.

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

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.

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

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

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

They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

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

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.