In the `20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the `30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. `Jimmy Cagney` and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they played. ...
Joan Blondell
[on Edward G. Robinson] I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was -- and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization -- ranging from modern col...
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
[on Edward G. Robinson] I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was -- and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization -- ranging from modern col...
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
What`s so special about all those amazing British children`s writers, those who gave us Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe and Pooh Bear and Peter Pan and Peter Rabbit and the rest, was that they didn`t set out to seduce. The great children`s writers...
Luc Besson
(Of her Mrs. Robinson role in `The Graduate`) Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we`ll reach a point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we`d do and become will never come to be - and that we`re or...
Anne Bancroft
Where can we find the great actors we had yesteryear, guys like Spencer Tracy and Gary Cooper and Edward G. Robinson? You know, I was talking to Lee Marvin the other day and we agreed that we were the last of a breed. We`re the last who had the opportunit...
Ernest Borgnine
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 collectin...
Edward Robinson
When we went around in the alley, (Robinson) was heading eastbound in the alley. So we kind of flipped around, he kind of (saw) us in the corner of his eye and he started heading back to his residence. So he knew he had a warrant,
Baltasar Gracian
Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950`s when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.
Dick Schaap
Ross (Robinson) is insane! Once, when we were recording here, he threw a potted plant at me. It exploded on the wall over my head and the dirt went in my mouth. It was awesome.
Joey Jordison
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation.
Willie Mays
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation.
Willie Mays
Paul Robinson has not even reached his peak yet. I like Paul. I like the way he goes about his job. He`s not flash, he just gets on with it.
David Seaman
Look at the names in the Jackie Robinson Wing, ... Steve Young, Dorothy Hamill. The Jackie Robinson Wing. Goodness gracious . . .That`s top shelf.
Annette Scarlett
Look at the names in the Jackie Robinson Wing, ... Steve Young, Dorothy Hamill. The Jackie Robinson Wing. Goodness gracious . . .That`s top shelf.
Annette Scarlett
It took me getting to San Antonio, where I played with Avery Johnson, Mario Elie, Steve Kerr, Sean Elliot, David Robinson, Terry Porter, all those veterans who had been there before, for me to really learn how to play, ... Now, one of my roles on this tea...
Antonio Daniels
I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.
Andre Carrier
I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who he was and they told me. Right then, I said, `I want to play for the Dodgers someday.` That was my childhood dream.
Maury Wills
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
Della Reese
In the `20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the `30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. `Jimmy Cagney` and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they played. ...
Joan Blondell
