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. Votes: 15
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. Votes: 13
My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. Votes: 11
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. Votes: 9
I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you. Votes: 4
Nothing human is foreign to us Votes: 3
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. Votes: 3
The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure thatâs what they pay me for. The acting I do for free. Votes: 3
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. Votes: 2
Some people have youth, some have beauty â I have menace. Votes: 0
To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being⦠itâs like taking on another personâs life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can. Votes: 0
Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0