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Never thought acting was some...

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.

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I'm not sought after. I never...

I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.

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I was a newspaper editor in h...

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

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The older I've gotten, the mo...

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 essentials for presenting truth.

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It's like an athlete. He has ...

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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When I was working my way up,...

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.

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I don't believe in God, thoug...

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.

Ed Asner 41 quotes

I'm not sought after. I never ...

I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.

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I will always have enough mone...

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

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We all moan and groan about th...

We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology, and yet every one of us, in our own little comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction. It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our beloved Mother deserves.

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(on making the transition from...

(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.

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I loved journalism until the d...

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.'

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The treasure shouldn't do the ...

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

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Never stand still. Only stand ...

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.

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The older I've gotten, the mor...

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 essentials for presenting truth.

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Raising kids is part joy and p...

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.

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They're sheep. They like Bush ...

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.

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I pray that this council, whic...

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.

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Raising kids is part joy and p...

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

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I come up here to get away fro...

I come up here to get away from the sun,

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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