Peter Falk : (2) " 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. " - Peter Falk " It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There’s nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don’t look like who you’re supposed to be. " - Peter Falk