Peter Falk Quotes
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What's the name of that famous museum in Paris? The Louvre? I went through that place in 20 minutes.
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My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.
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It became the joke of the neighbourhood. If the umpire ruled me out on a bad call, I'd take the fake eye out and hand it to him.
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In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.
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I'm secretly very stuffy.
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Children ran up to me shouting, 'Columbo!' At first, it gave me great pleasure, but later, I said to myself that those children should have had their own heroes instead of admiring a cop from Los Angeles.
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My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.
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To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years.
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There were no artists in Ossining, which was the home of Sing Sing prison. Most of the parents of the guys I knew were guards there.
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I've been there a thousand years, and I never felt comfortable. Beverly Hills - when I first saw it, I thought they put it up this morning. You got to pack water to get to the drugstore.
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Certainly, you envy the guys that have done all kinds of things, a variety of good scripts and good directors. Then again, having worked with Cassavetes has satisfied a big part of that.
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I love Chicago. It's one of the great cities. I'm crazy about the town. It reminds me of New York when it was at its best, the New York that used to be and is no more. I love the architecture, the old stuff and the new stuff.
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Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.
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When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.
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What wouldn't have happened to me if I hadn't ended up in Hartford, Connecticut.
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If you were brought up in the '40s, a kid in Ossining, New York, hanging out at the poolroom and stealing, how can you think, 'Here I am in Ossining. I, too, can be a movie star!'
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Strange thing, this television.
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I've worked with some terrific actors. The list of guys that came on the 'Columbo' show, I mean they were world-class actors from all over the world - Oskar Werner, Laurence Harvey, Donald Pleasence, you know... foreigners.
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There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.'
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Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.
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I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.
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Acting is like golf: analysis leads to paralysis.
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I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor.
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It depends how lenient you are with your definition of artist. If you're going to include those who tap dance at the high school recital, then maybe I am.