American - Actor | September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011
My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.
Peter Falk
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The entertainment industry is loaded with extraordinarily talented people. But the true, genuine originals, they're rare.
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If it wasn't for the Mark Twain Masquers, I don't know where my life would have gone.
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I lose things. I am preoccupied. I am misty. Eyeglasses? I go through eyeglasses like tissue.
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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.
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I'm just looking to get through the day.
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I'm not an ace at small talk.
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What's the name of that famous museum in Paris? The Louvre? I went through that place in 20 minutes.
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In order to be totally spontaneous, you can't be too obsessed with accuracy, but if you're inaccurate in a drawing, it will look fake, and when you act, it will sound fake. You have to find miraculously some proper balance between the two, but there's no formula.
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In 1958, I was shooting a movie in Florida, and I decided to go to Havana, Cuba, to see what it was like.
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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.
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It became the joke of the neighbourhood. If the umpire ruled me out on a bad call, I'd take the fake eye out and hand it to him.
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