Top 26 Quotes by Peter Falk

Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.

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.

I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.

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.

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.

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.

Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.

I'm just looking to get through the day.

I still get fan mail for Columbo.

Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.