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

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

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

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" I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor. "

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" Going to Hartford turned out to be the luckiest thing that ever happened to me. "