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" Good actors are always looking for props. They're looking for behavior. It makes it a lot easier. You're not solely dependent of what's coming out of your mouth. You're also less self-conscious, less aware of the camera. "

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" When I was growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing pool with the guys, the thought that any one of us might become an actor was as far-fetched as being knighted by the queen of England. "

Peter Falk

Growing Up

Growing

Queen

" I used to have this idea that you can spend years in the movies and TV and then, at the drop of a hat, say 'Oh, I'll go back and do the theater.' "

Peter Falk

Movies

Say

" 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. "

" I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer. "

" I used to dread somebody saying, 'Whatsa matter with your eye?' "

" I lose things. I am preoccupied. I am misty. Eyeglasses? I go through eyeglasses like tissue. "

Peter Falk

I Am

Through

" 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. "

" In the theater, you didn't have any marks. Your instincts in rehearsal told you what the blocking was. On film, they reversed it. They decided ahead of time what your instincts were, before you even arrived. "

" When I was a kid, the idea of gettin' paid to paint your face... listen, I grew up in Ossining, New York, a nice little town by the Hudson, and nothin' ever interested me except being your usual high school big shot, which I was an' loved it, played all the sports and goofed around, always out on the street with the guys, everything was funny t'me. "

" I remember being amazed that actors had a union. I thought only coal miners had unions, or guys that worked in automobile plants. That's an indication of how naive I was. "

" I don't dwell on it. But I guess everybody hopes that they go in their sleep and that it won't be long and painful. "

" 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. "

" I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows. "

" You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on! "

" Along came a police lieutenant named Columbo, and my life would never be the same. "

" 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. "

" Usually, I get hired because I'm tall. "

" When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi. "

" I think people identify with Columbo because he is an average man. "

Peter Falk

Think

People

" I'm secretly very stuffy. "

Peter Falk

Very

Secretly

" I've been asked a few thousand times how much of Columbo is Falk and vice versa. "

" Actors know one thing: If you're left just with words, you're in trouble. "

" My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing. "

Peter Falk

Breakfast

Good

" 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. "

Peter Falk

Children

Myself

" There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.' "

Peter Falk

Who

Love

" Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know. "

" The entertainment industry is loaded with extraordinarily talented people. But the true, genuine originals, they're rare. "

" It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There's nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don't look like who you're supposed to be. "

" I am older than everyone I ever knew. All my dogs are dead. Half a dozen cats, parakeets... all gone. "

" 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. "