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

" 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!' "

" The female body is awesome. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" The first time I ever spoke to John Cassavetes was at a Lakers game. I got up to go for a hot dog, and he was coming in the opposite direction. I don't know who said hello first, but we started talking, and it turned out that he went to high school with my first wife, Alice. "

" If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original. "

" 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. "

" I did do my own stunts. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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've never worried about the grand concepts. "

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

" Oh, I was some efficiency expert. On my first day, I couldn't find my own office in Hartford and wound up in the Post Office. "

" Initially, they wanted Columbo to wear a driving coat. I said: 'Are you kidding? He's not an English aristocrat.' "

" Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart. "

" I'm not an ace at small talk. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "