After we separated, I made some important decisions for myself. Today I wish I hadn't have done that. I dropped a brick.
All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. When she started to laugh, it was like 'That's it!'. I went to LA and I got the part.
Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined.
Cathy is the only woman I was really in love with. Currently we are separated, but we are still close to each other.
I could have called their mothers as I knew them personally, but actually I liked those kids. It was a great experience.
I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.
I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
I thought it will be better for everyone if we got married. It doesn't sound good: 'This is my girlfriend from New York.'
I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, I was told to have another audition, but I didn't want to go there again.
I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.
I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.
I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.
I'm not up to my neck with girls falling for me, but even if they did, they would probably think twice about it.
I'm very masculine! And I also have the common qualities that men have. But I've been living with Cathy for 15 years. That's a long time. You just can't flip-out anymore like the others. You have to know your way.
In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
It was a big deal for her, but I proposed for her. We lived in New York City before I got the part in the series.
Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
That was all I wanted. And that's what I did. But then I was in a 'Pittsburgh Steelers' camp. That's an American football team.
That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'
When the Vietnam war began I was nuts. I was wearing bell-bottomed pants and let my hair grow. I looked like an idiot.
Ed attended college on football scholarships.
In 1970, Ed became a social studies teacher.
Ed returned to tv as star of the show "Big Apple" in 2001 however it was competing in the same timeslot as ER and ultimately failed.
Ed had a job as a bus boy and called it the worst job in the world.
Ed was a Golden Globe nominee in 1993 for his role in Married with Children.
Ed's mother was a social worker.
His real birthday is the same birthday of Peggy Bundy's on Married... With Children.
Ed wears glasses.
Ed appeared in the very first episode of Miami Vice.
Ed: When I read the pilot [for Married... with Children], it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?
Ed was the first actor from Fox to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975) in 1990; three years later his "Married... with Children" (1987) co-star, Christina Applegate hosted the show.
Ed graduated from Ursuline High School.
Ed expected "Married... with Children" (1987) to be canceled within the first 6 episodes.
Ed taught Social Studies in Youngstown before acting.
Was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969, but released during training camp
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