The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.

- Peter Falk

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

- Peter Falk

I'm just looking to get through the day.

- Peter Falk

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

I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.

- Peter Falk

I did do my own stunts.

- Peter Falk

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

You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!

- Peter Falk

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.

- Peter Falk

I've worked with some terrific actors. The list of guys that came on the 'Columbo' show, I mean they were world-class actors from all over the world - Oskar Werner, Laurence Harvey, Donald Pleasence, you know... foreigners.

- Peter Falk

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

Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.

- Peter Falk

My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.

- Peter Falk