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
There are many different ways now to experience nature. Get out there and hike.
It's something I passed on to my kids. They really love the earth because they've experienced it from the youngest age. They know where food comes from - it doesn't come from the Safeway bush or the Ralph's tree. It comes from the earth. And water and sunshine and nutrients. My children understand that because they've experienced it. I feel successful as a parent, having done that.
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.
I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
This is a deeply spiritual issue...Do we want to spend more time trying to care for our fellow man or do we want to just pursue more virtual reality? That's the issue before us.. and it's being played out in the world of the environment.
My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.
People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.
When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.
We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.
It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.
I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting.
I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.