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" 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.' "

Peter Falk

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" There's a bit of a problem. The script that I like, the network doesn't like. The script that they like, I don't like. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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