Brian Damage
03-13-2012, 11:24 PM
Was Lou Grant the role of a lifetime?
"Yes, it was. I was able to parlay it for a few years. I will always be grateful to the people who created him and to the idea of the man himself, whom I respect enormously."
On what he remembers most about The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
"I realized that we were a show of ideas, which is not common on television. I knew we were a smash, of course, as a comedic show because of the brilliant writing, but once we got into Lou Grant, the drama spin-off, it was very hard work, but I just took great pride in the ideas that we were espousing."
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2012/03/ed-asner.html
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq5kKid6G7b3ixciAuFZtUmTh2fd1xY-DUKC72bP00FJn7-QVA
"Yes, it was. I was able to parlay it for a few years. I will always be grateful to the people who created him and to the idea of the man himself, whom I respect enormously."
On what he remembers most about The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
"I realized that we were a show of ideas, which is not common on television. I knew we were a smash, of course, as a comedic show because of the brilliant writing, but once we got into Lou Grant, the drama spin-off, it was very hard work, but I just took great pride in the ideas that we were espousing."
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2012/03/ed-asner.html
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq5kKid6G7b3ixciAuFZtUmTh2fd1xY-DUKC72bP00FJn7-QVA