American - Actor | September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011
I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an actor. Nobody heard me, but I did declare it.
Peter Falk
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I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out, and everyone would know that I was a professional actor and I would be accepted.
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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.
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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.
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I remember being amazed that actors had a union. I thought only coal miners had unions, or guys that worked in automobile plants. That's an indication of how naive I was.
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Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.
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They wouldn't take me in the navy because of my glass eye. So I joined the merchant navy, who allowed monocular crew if you worked in the kitchens. You're not wanted on deck or in the engine room with one eye, but you're good to fire up the ovens and cook hundreds of chops.
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The female body is awesome.
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Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.
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I still get fan mail for Columbo.
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I watch practically no TV - ah, what the hell do I watch? Oh, I was for a long time addicted to CNN.
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When I was a kid growing up, you maybe secretly wanted to be an actor, but you never said.
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