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

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

Some people have youth, some have beauty – I have menace.

- Edward G. Robinson

In those days I would go for an interview and find myself competing with this other chap who would always be younger and taller, and much handsomer t…

- 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

Nothing human is foreign to us

- 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