Peter Falk Quotes

"He sent the script over and I read it that first night, and about page 45 or 50, I called him up and said I'd do it. I didn't even finish it. You look for a part that you can score in. If I like this character and I can play it, the people are going to laugh or be interested, that's what you look for. They send me things that I wonder why they would send to anybody."
-Peter Falk

"The Gus Morgan Story."
-Peter Falk

"It was automatic. We were always on the same wavelength even before we started shooting."
-Peter Falk

"It wasn't that we improvised it. We were going to shoot it, but I had the props in my hand, and I wanted to understand the props before we shot, so I asked Paul 'Is this the hook?' and 'Where do you put the worm?' that's when the director just said 'Shoot these guys!' I didn't even know the camera was on, but it felt good!"
-Peter Falk

"Paul never told me anything about why he wrote it -- he never mentioned his father and he never mentioned my father, ... He never put me in a position in which I would feel a lot of external pressure other than wanting my reaction to the script. That's the way I would do it. That's the way I know a real professional would do it. That's the proper to do it."
-Peter Falk

"They know there's a gap, and if they're interested in finding out more about why they aren't more connected with their parents, they should see the movie."
-Peter Falk

"Turn the camera on!"
-Peter Falk

"Sometimes I see my father in me."
-Peter Falk