Dick Van Dyke Quotes
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I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
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I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.
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I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.
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I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.
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Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism.
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I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.
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But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
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I cannot live alone.
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I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.
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I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.
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The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.
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I sing and dance. That's my job.
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Emotionally, I'm about 13.
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Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.
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I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
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I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
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Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
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I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.
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I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.
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One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel, Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. I went over there and spent the afternoon with them. And pumped him with questions. I must have driven him crazy. I spent a lot of happy hours at Stan's house on Sundays just talking about comedy.
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My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.
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I'm the Steven Spielberg of Malibu.
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All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play.
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They did ask me to do 'Dancing With The Stars;' I said I can do one show, but on that show you have to come up with a new number every week, and I told them that I think I'm a little past that stage.