Edward G. Robinson Quotes
1893–1973 Romania
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 — January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor.
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He's the greatest bull artist in the world—and only occasionally the greatest artist in the world.
I hated every minute of it and couldn't stop crying.
On Love Story (1970)
Did it ever occur to anyone how boring his pictures are?
The greatest actor of the century, and lucky he was out of politics before TV. Like William Jennings Bryan, he could never have read from cue cards.
I think he, Christ and Marx are responsible for the world being the way it is—and I confer my thanks upon all of them, as I withhold it.
The first symptom is that hair grows on your ears. It's very disconcerting.
I may be wrong, but I don't think a picture of mine ever played there. It was Tiffany's, and I played mostly at the Strand, which wasn't exactly Woolworth's, but close.
You know, I've always figured the waiting is what I get paid for. The acting I do free.
On the set of Soylent Green (1973)
I went to see one. It did nothing for me. But I think that has to do with my age, not my morals.
I love everything he stands for; I just wish he didn't love it so much. He needs a director to tell him when he's made his point. I think he'd have been a good President.
It's the word I dislike, not the food. Give me a piece of bread and butter and I'll enjoy it. Now tell me it's margarine and I'll throw up.
He belonged to more causes than I did. I think I had a letter from him every other day asking for money. I always responded.
I always keep four or five books on my bed table, and each night I read a little of each; I guess I can't concentrate on any one at a time. But I always finish them.
I think it should be declared illegal. I don't think we should gamble on wheat futures.
I think he means everything he says, but he says it so badly that he sounds like a ventriloquist's dummy. His ambition was also grievous.
I'd rather see Joe Louis punch than listen to Muhammad Ali recite.
I'm told he's no longer a hero and he could have done more for the Jews, that he had a mistress. Well, count up the score. He turned the twentieth century around; without him, I think we'd all be ruled by a commissariat.
He may yet turn out to have greatness in him despite himself. I think his kind of ambition is indeed a grievous thing; now that he cannot be reelected, maybe he'll let his humanity emerge. There simply has to be more to the man than he lets us see.