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

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

- 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

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

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

Of course, I started as a collector. A true collector. I can remember as if it were only yesterday the heart-pounding excitement as I spread out upon…

- Edward G. Robinson