Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Edward G. Robinson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Romanian actor Edward G. Robinson.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Edward G. Robinson was an American actor of stage and screen, born in Romania, who was popular during the Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo. During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers.

Romanian - Actor | December 12, 1893 - January 26, 1973

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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 over the west side and all that.

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

Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me.

Edward G. Robinson

I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me.

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 than I.

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

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 as sincerely and honestly as you can.

Edward G. Robinson

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

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 the floor of my bedroom The Edward G. Robinson Collection of Rare Cigar Bands. I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me.

Edward G. Robinson

Nothing human is foreign to us

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 make me appear taller and to make me able to dominate all the others and to mow them down with my size.

Edward G. Robinson

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

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

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