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Peter Falk
American
Actor
Born:
Sep 16
,
1927
Died:
Jun 23
,
2011
Actor
Good
Like
Me
Think
You
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My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.
Peter Falk
Good
Day
Wake Up
Rest
Breakfast
Spend
Drawing
Idea
Wake
Up
Heaven
Along came a police lieutenant named Columbo, and my life would never be the same.
Peter Falk
Life
Police
My Life
Would
Lieutenant
Never
Along
Named
Came
Same
I used to take girls out on a date to Night Court. And I'll tell you, most girls, they got a kick out of going to Night Court. 'Cause you get a lot of laughs... and it's cheap.
Peter Falk
You
Cause
Girl
Kick
Out
Tell
Laughs
Date
Take
Cheap
Most
Court
Got
Lot
Get
Going
Used
Night
God didn't design anyone to be recognized by 2 billion people.
Peter Falk
God
People
Design
Recognized
Anyone
Billion
Strange thing, this television.
Peter Falk
Strange
Television
Strange Thing
Thing
The truth is, no one is like Columbo.
Peter Falk
Truth
Truth Is
No-One
Like
I'm makin' a lotta dough, everyone knows who you are, and who the hell cares whether you're typecast or not? Also, there's something wrong with complaining about being typecast in something you really enjoy doing.
Peter Falk
You
Complaining
Hell
Enjoy
Cares
Typecast
Everyone
About
Something
Wrong
Also
Knows
Makin
Doing
Being
Whether
Really
Dough
Who
It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There's nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don't look like who you're supposed to be.
Peter Falk
You
Nothing
Insecure
More
He
Part
Like
Supposed
Look
Looks
Makes
Disconcerting
Lot
Than
Anxious
Who
Helps
Actor
Awful
Awful Lot
Your instincts for what's dramatic are the same whether you're working on a drawing or on a script.
Peter Falk
You
Dramatic
Drawing
Instincts
Same
Whether
Script
Working
Your
I once did a film in Russia because I wanted to see what the hell was going on there.
Peter Falk
Hell
Once
See
Russia
Because
Did
Going
Wanted
Film
I've been there a thousand years, and I never felt comfortable. Beverly Hills - when I first saw it, I thought they put it up this morning. You got to pack water to get to the drugstore.
Peter Falk
Morning
You
Water
Thought
First
Saw
Thousand
Thousand Years
Never
Put
Beverly
Beverly Hills
Drugstore
Hills
Comfortable
Felt
Got
Been
Years
Up
Get
Pack
Acting is like golf: analysis leads to paralysis.
Peter Falk
Analysis
Paralysis
Leads
Like
Golf
Acting
Everybody wants to be a movie star. I bet if you ask that guy would he like to be a movie star, he'd say, 'Sure.'
Peter Falk
You
Everybody
Say
Would
Bet
Guy
He
Like
Sure
Movie
Wants
Movie Star
Ask
Star
Most people think glamor is happiness.
Peter Falk
Happiness
People
Think
Most
I'm just looking to get through the day.
Peter Falk
Day
Looking
Through
Get
Just
Just Looking
What's the name of that famous museum in Paris? The Louvre? I went through that place in 20 minutes.
Peter Falk
Minutes
Paris
Through
Name
Louvre
Famous
Place
Museum
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.
Peter Falk
Art
You
Old
Before
Painting
Think
Draw
Charcoal
Studio
Put
Studios
Know
House
How
Turned
Really
Should
Use
Old-Fashioned
Garage
Start
You think you're in another civilization, another time, and then you see antennas coming out of these hovels, and your mouth falls open when you see the descendants of the Incas shouting 'Columbo! Columbo!'
Peter Falk
Time
You
Mouth
Think
Out
See
Civilization
Open
Another
Another Time
Coming
Falls
Then
Shouting
Your
Descendants
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.
Peter Falk
Me
Joke
Ruled
Neighbourhood
Eye
Out
Bad
Take
Call
Him
Became
Fake
Hand
Umpire
Children ran up to me shouting, 'Columbo!' At first, it gave me great pleasure, but later, I said to myself that those children should have had their own heroes instead of admiring a cop from Los Angeles.
Peter Falk
Myself
Great
Me
Heroes
First
Own
Gave
Ran
Later
Pleasure
Those
Admiring
Angeles
Great Pleasure
Had
Instead
Said
Los
Los Angeles
Up
Children
Should
Shouting
Cop
My wife loves to get all dressed up and go out, and I'm this gloomy Virgo. It works because of the mutual recognition that we are two democratic narcissists. She does what she has to do, and I do what I have to do. We respect that.
Peter Falk
Respect
Wife
Virgo
Recognition
Out
Mutual
Dressed
Democratic
She
Gloomy
Because
Does
Go
Up
Get
Loves
Works
Two
I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
Peter Falk
Word
Think
John
Deliberately
Never
He
Said
Understood
Did
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.
Peter Falk
Work
Thoughts
Mind
Our
Minds
Danger
Out
Something
Come
Cliche
Another
Up
Maybe
Reproducing
Your
Original
Keep
The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.
Peter Falk
Would
Only
Like
Still
Climb
Mountain
Break
What wouldn't have happened to me if I hadn't ended up in Hartford, Connecticut.
Peter Falk
Me
Up
Ended
Happened
Connecticut
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.
Peter Falk
Good
You
Behavior
Looking
Mouth
Solely
Easier
Out
Props
Self-Conscious
Also
Makes
Always
Coming
Camera
Lot
Dependent
Good Actors
Your
Less
Actor
Aware
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