Ed Asner Quotes
The free access to information is not a privilege, but a necessity for any free society. One of my favorite things to do as a young man was wander through the stacks of my hometown library. I'd just browse until I found something interesting. Libraries have definitely changed my life.
Asner, Ed. American Library Association "READ" Campaign. American Libraries, American Library Association, vol. 35, no. 8, 2004, p. 12.
This decision did not extend the right of privacy of patrons of public libraries as to what material they access.
Eddie Asner, known generally as Ed Asner and sometimes Edward Asner, is an American actor, voice artist, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series). His other Emmys were for performances in two of the most significant mini-television series of the 1970s: Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), where he won for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a TV series, and Roots (1977), for which he won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV series.
