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" I got a regret: That I started acting so late. I was 27, and guys who start at 18 or so, there's this kinda continuity of friendships they form in the profession by startin' young, I've never had that. "

Peter Falk

Acting

Late

Got

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" What's the name of that famous museum in Paris? The Louvre? I went through that place in 20 minutes. "

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

" I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out, and everyone would know that I was a professional actor and I would be accepted. "

" If I'm a guy reading a newspaper, and I hear this actor who I know gets great seats at basketball games, and he's complaining about being typecast, I think, 'Hey man, count your blessings.' "

" 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 don't like getting up in the morning, getting in a car, driving on a freeway, and stopping at a gate where two guards are standing there, then walk into a studio that looks like a bunch of airplane hangars. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The truth is, no one is like Columbo. "

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Truth Is

Truth

" I wanted to become an actor, but I didn't want to admit it. "

" 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'm not an ace at small talk. "

" My wife loves to get all dressed up and go out, and I'm this gloomy Virgo. It works because of the mutual recognition that we are two democratic narcissists. She does what she has to do, and I do what I have to do. We respect that. "

" I never turned a part down when they offered me money. "

Peter Falk

Turned

Never

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" Acting is like golf: analysis leads to paralysis. "

Peter Falk

Analysis

Golf

" 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

" I've never worried about the grand concepts. "

" 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. "

Peter Falk

Him

Hand

" I once did a film in Russia because I wanted to see what the hell was going on there. "

" When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect. "

" The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85. "

Peter Falk

Only

Climb

" In order to be totally spontaneous, you can't be too obsessed with accuracy, but if you're inaccurate in a drawing, it will look fake, and when you act, it will sound fake. You have to find miraculously some proper balance between the two, but there's no formula. "

" I just keep working. "

" 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. "