Peter Falk

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it…

— Peter Falk

I do share with the lieutenant (Columbo) one very pronounced part of his personality - he loves to talk about his wife.…

— Peter Falk

You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!

— Peter Falk

I've worked with some terrific actors. The list of guys that came on the 'Columbo' show, I mean they were world-class actors…

— Peter Falk

I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I…

— Peter Falk

I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I…

— Peter Falk

Ill smoke anything anybody gives me, Im not particular.

— Peter Falk

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

— Peter Falk

I did do my own stunts.

— Peter Falk

Usually, I get hired because I`m tall.

— Peter Falk

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I…

— Peter Falk

I'm just looking to get through the day.

— Peter Falk

I could not chop down a tree if my life depended on it.

— Peter Falk

My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there…

— Peter Falk

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

— Peter Falk

I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where…

— Peter Falk

“Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one…

— Peter Falk

I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.

— Peter Falk