Dick Van Dyke Quotes - Page 3

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• 'The Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fun, Creative, Periods

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• A lot of the guilt didn't help my drinking at that point. I never expected a divorce to happen in my life particularly, but it just slowly happened. My wife was proud of me, but she hated the business, and for good reason. The spouses get moved, shoved aside, and ignored, and it's just, it's terrible.

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  Drinking, Divorce, Wife

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• We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I know I'm closer to the drain than most people.

  Dick Van Dyke

  People, Drains, Knows

  "Dick Van Dyke: Icon". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 14, 2016.

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• I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.

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  Fun, Thinking, Two

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• I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.

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  Children, Mean, Kids

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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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  Kids, Lucky, Want

  "Dick Van Dyke - At 87, Life is Better Than Ever!". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2013.

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• I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler.

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  Teetotalers, Nightclubs

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• A producer came to me about doing a memoir, and at first I thought, "Well, it's a little bland." But then I realized that almost everything that's happened to me was the result of being in the right place at the right time. And I thought "Well, luck has a lot to do with it," so I wrote it from that perspective.

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  Perspective, Luck, Producers

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• I wasn't a falling-in-the-gutter type. I drank at home because it relaxed me. I was shy around new people, but after a drink or two, I became more sociable.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fall, Home, Two

  "90-year-old Disney Legend’s Secret To Marrying A (Much) Younger Woman". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com.sg. October 3, 2016.

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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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  Crazy, Ocean, Book

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• A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

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  Want, Violence, Kind

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• I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

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  Taste, Turned Down, Bases

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• I have two kids who were like me, we get out of bed feeling good, and the other two would sit at the breakfast table and grumble. I think it's born into us. I usually wake up feeling pretty good. Looking forward to the day.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Thinking, Two

  "Dick Van Dyke talks to one of our grandmas about his new book on aging, Keep Moving". Interview with Caitlin PenzeyMoog, www.avclub.com. October 13, 2015.

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• There are people with their iPads are taking pictures so much that they're not experiencing the moment. They go home and look at the pictures later.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Home, Ipads, People

  "Dick Van Dyke talks to one of our grandmas about his new book on aging, Keep Moving". Interview with Caitlin PenzeyMoog, www.avclub.com. October 13, 2015.

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• Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Night, Firsts

  "Dick Van Dyke Discusses His Career in Entertainment". "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. September 22, 2000.

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• So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.

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  Jobs, School, Weekend

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• Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.

  Dick Van Dyke

  I Love Him, Hbo, Laughing

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. June 9, 2011.

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• I had an uncle who had a car with a rumble seat, and I used to love to ride in that thing. I mentioned this to some kids, and they were like, "What are you even talking about?"

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  Uncles, Kids, Talking

  "Dick Van Dyke: Icon". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 14, 2016.

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• Moses probably danced a little, right? You don't part the Red Sea without having some moves.

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  Moving, Sea, Littles

  "Dick Van Dyke: Icon". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 14, 2016.

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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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  Girl, Needs, Golden

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. June 9, 2011.

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• I just think everyone needs their own private space.

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  Thinking, Space, Needs

  "Dick Van Dyke: Icon". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. September 14, 2016.

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• I can't work with my brother without laughing.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Brother, Laughing, I Can

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. June 9, 2011.

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• My wife, as proud as she was of me, hated show business for good reasons. There was something about the spouse always being pushed out of the way, shoved aside. She wanted to get away from it.

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  Wife, Proud, Way

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• I was the worst game show host that ever lived, and I knew it.

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  Games, Host, Worst

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• I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Als, Documentaries, Watches

  "Veteran showman Dick Van Dyke reflects on lifetime's work". Interview with Jill Jacobs, www.reuters.com. January 24, 2013.

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