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Edward G. Robinson was an American actor celebrated for his performances in classic films from the 1930s and 1940s. A two-time Academy Award winner, he is renowned for his roles in films such as 'Little Caesar' and 'The Informer'.

All my yesterdays: an autobiography

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“Nothing human is foreign to us”

Humans

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“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.”

Looks Able Remember Rooms Mirrors Size Dressings Dressing Rooms

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

Mean Hard Hard Work Succeed

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“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.”

Ifs Heart I Can Play Remember Courses Band Safe Spread Yesterday Excitement Collections Bedroom Collecting Collectors Cigar Heart Pounding

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“I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.”

Knows Faces Values Stage Face Value

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

People Youth Menace

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“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.”

Art Found Painting Works Of Art

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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.”

Firsts Book Stories Reading Sides Chance Advantage West Scripts East Take A Chance Gangsters East Side West Side

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“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.”

Mind Humans Persons Actors Human Beings Honestly Sincerely Responsability

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“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.”

Pay Acting Figures Sitting Awful Sitting Around

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“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.”

Beauty Interviews Competing Chaps

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“My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal.”

Trying Father Black Uncles Lungs Zeal Collectors

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About the Author

Born: December 12, 1893
Died: January 26, 1973
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 12

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