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 Copy Share Image
I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me. — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you. — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
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… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
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… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
In those days I would go for an interview and find myself competing with this other chap who would always be younger and taller,… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed. — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story -… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
