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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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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My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.
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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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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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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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I'm secretly very stuffy.
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What wouldn't have happened to me if I hadn't ended up in Hartford, Connecticut.
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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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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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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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Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.
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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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When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.
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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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Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.
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Strange thing, this television.
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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.
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I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.
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They wouldn't take me in the navy because of my glass eye. So I joined the merchant navy, who allowed monocular crew if you worked in the kitchens. You're not wanted on deck or in the engine room with one eye, but you're good to fire up the ovens and cook hundreds of chops.
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Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute.
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There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.'