Dick Van Dyke Quotes
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Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.
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I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
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I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.
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Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored.
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My memory's not too good.
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Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
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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 played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.
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I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.
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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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I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
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I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.
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I swim, go to the gym, and do a little dancing every day and a little singing.
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Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
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I'm kind of proud of being a love child.
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I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'
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As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.
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I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.
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I'm the Steven Spielberg of Malibu.
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I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.
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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've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.
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I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
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'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.