Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr.
Edward James "Ed" Begley Jr.is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is most recognized for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination and six consecutive Emmy Award nominations. He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show entitled Living with Ed...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth16 September 1949
CityHartford, CT
CountryUnited States of America
California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
We have lots of other problems with plastic in our oceans. There are five different big gyres of plastic out in the ocean. There are problems with air pollution around the country that we need to deal with, and around the world. We have a great many problems to overcome, so I work on a lot of different boards trying to help in those important areas.
The environmental crisis is all a result of rushing.
One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car.
My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
When you're in the public eye - whether it be entertainment, sports, medicine, politics, whatever way - you have an opportunity, and I think also an obligation and a responsibility, to disseminate good information.
Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it.
I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.
If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.
The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper...
I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.