Ed Begley Jr. Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Ed: Recycling just seems like the right thing to do, I mean really, it makes us responsible for the messes that we make. It's all about just picking up after yourself, not shoving our trash in our oceans and streams. We might as well reuse it before we lose it.

Trivia

Ed times his wife Rachelle's showers with a stopwatch, pedals a stationary bicycle to power his toaster, and cooks organic vegetables outside in a solar-powered oven.

Ed's favorite vegan restaurants are: Real Food Daily, Newsroom, and Lenore's.

Ed is the creator of 'Begley's Best' all-purpose cleaner, an earth-friendly product.

Ed starred alongside Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep as the cheating husband, Bob in the 1989 comedy She-Devil.

Ed serves as a chairman of the Environmental Media Association and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, he is also a member of the Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Project, and Tree People & Friends, amongst many others.

Ed's television movies include: Homicide: The Movie, Not in This Town with Kathy Baker, and World War II: When Lions Roared with Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, and John Lithgow.

Ed received six Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long running hit television series St. Elsewhere.

Ed lives in a solar powered house, using his bicycle and public transporatation whenever possible.

Ed was inspired to become an actor by seeing the works of his Academy Award winning father.

Ed is 6'4" tall.

Ed is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Ed quit his job as the Los Angeles Environmental Commissioner the moment he realized that he was destroying trees by all the paper the commission was using.