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

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

- 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

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

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

- 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