American - Actor | September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011
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.
Peter Falk
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I don't dwell on it. But I guess everybody hopes that they go in their sleep and that it won't be long and painful.
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I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.
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I did do my own stunts.
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I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
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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.
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The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.
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Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.
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You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!
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My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.
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I've worked with some terrific actors. The list of guys that came on the 'Columbo' show, I mean they were world-class actors from all over the world - Oskar Werner, Laurence Harvey, Donald Pleasence, you know... foreigners.
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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.
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