I have not collected art. Art collected me. I never found paintings. They found me. I have never even owned a work of art. They owned me.

- Edward G. Robinson

I remember just before going onto the soundstage, I'd look in my dressing room mirror and stretch myself to my full 5'5" or 5'6 whatever it was-to ma…

- Edward G. Robinson

I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking ove…

- Edward G. Robinson

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

- Edward G. Robinson

Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed.

- Edward G. Robinson

The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that’s what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.

- Edward G. Robinson

To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it’s like taking on another person’s life and you have to do it a…

- Edward G. Robinson

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal.

- Edward G. Robinson

Nothing human is foreign to us

- Edward G. Robinson