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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm makin' a lotta dough, everyone knows who you are, and who the hell cares whether you're typecast or not? Also, there's something wrong with complaining about being typecast in something you really enjoy doing. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I do figure every angle of a guy I'm acting - but not consciously 'til afterward. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute. "

" I did do my own stunts. "

" I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I put a skylight in. In my house, I turned the garage into an art studio. So I'm awash in art studios. "

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

" You thought the stage, you thought Broadway: that was the pot at the end of the rainbow. The idea of being in Hollywood was like going to the Moon or Mars. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I used to take girls out on a date to Night Court. And I'll tell you, most girls, they got a kick out of going to Night Court. 'Cause you get a lot of laughs... and it's cheap. "

" The celebrity craze is a little much. But it's good for me, so you don't bite the hand that feeds you. "

" To be a theater actor, I think you have to do plays all the time. "

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

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

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