Quotes by Ed Asner

Ed Asner

[on making the transition from the comedy “Mary Tyler Moore” (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series “Lou Grant” (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn’t ready for the switch – even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn’t know that.

Cameras

Drama

Transition

All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.

Buffett

Should

Warren Buffet

As they used to say ‘What if they gave a war and nobody came?’ How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

Peace

War

What If

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

Actors

Method

Years

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.

Jesus

Two

Work Out

I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, ‘Are you planning on going into journalism?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘I wouldn’t.’ I said, ‘Well, why not?’ He said, ‘You can’t make a living.’

Men

Teacher

Why Not

I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.

Beautiful

Musical

Roles

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

Careers

Editors

School

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.

Athlete

Hot

Years

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.

Acting

Jobs

Moving

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Buffett

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Dating

Difficult

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Editors

Ending Hunger

Essentials

Feelings

Find Me

Food Banks

Hot

Hunting

Interesting

Jesus

Jobs

Library

Loss

May

Men

Method

Mindset

Mother

Moving

Musical

Needs

Peace

Play

Political

Quality

Roles

School

Should

Teacher

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Treasure

Two

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Quotes by Ed Asner

Ed Asner

All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.

As they used to say ‘What if they gave a war and nobody came?’ How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

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

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.

I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, ‘Are you planning on going into journalism?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘I wouldn’t.’ I said, ‘Well, why not?’ He said, ‘You can’t make a living.’

I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.

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

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.

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