117 Quotes by Peter Falk

I wanted to become an actor, but I didn't want to admit it.

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.

To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years.

When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi.

Before we ever had a script or anything, I was attracted to the idea of playing a character that housed within himself two opposing traits.

I just keep working.

I've never worried about the grand concepts.

I do figure every angle of a guy I'm acting - but not consciously 'til afterward.

I got a regret: That I started acting so late. I was 27, and guys who start at 18 or so, there's this kinda continuity of friendships they form in the profession by startin' young, I've never had that.