Columbo was never comfortable if somebody considered him unique or smart.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The truth is, no one is like Columbo.
Initially, they wanted Columbo to wear a driving coat. I said: 'Are you kidding? He's not an English aristocrat.'
I've been asked a few thousand times how much of Columbo is Falk and vice versa.
To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years.
There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.'
I hate to talk about typecasting, because being typecast as Columbo ain't cancer.
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.
I think people identify with Columbo because he is an average man.