117 Quotes by Peter Falk

I've been asked a few thousand times how much of Columbo is Falk and vice versa.

The truth is, no one is like Columbo.

I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.

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.

Initially, they wanted Columbo to wear a driving coat. I said: 'Are you kidding? He's not an English aristocrat.'

Along came a police lieutenant named Columbo, and my life would never be the same.

Your instincts for what's dramatic are the same whether you're working on a drawing or on a script.

Actors know one thing: If you're left just with words, you're in trouble.

I once did a film in Russia because I wanted to see what the hell was going on there.