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

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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. "

" What wouldn't have happened to me if I hadn't ended up in Hartford, Connecticut. "

" Hartford had the Mark Twain Masquers, which was fantastic. They had been in business I don't know how many years. They knew how to build sets and sell tickets and put on a play. My day started at night. When I left the office, that's when my day began. "

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

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

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

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" I thought actors were artists and that artists had to be European. "

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

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" Your instincts for what's dramatic are the same whether you're working on a drawing or on a script. "

" In 1958, I was shooting a movie in Florida, and I decided to go to Havana, Cuba, to see what it was like. "

" When I was a kid growing up, you maybe secretly wanted to be an actor, but you never said. "

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

" 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. "

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

" To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years. "

" God didn't design anyone to be recognized by 2 billion people. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm just looking to get through the day. "