Dick Van Dyke Quotes - Page 5

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• I think the biggest mistake - I was always a big fan of Cary Grant, and he asked me to do a movie with him, playing the second lead, and I didn't do it. And to this day, I can't remember why. But I could've said I worked with Cary Grant, but I turned him down. That was probably the biggest mistake I ever made.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Mistake, Thinking, Remember

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• I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Habit, Retired

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Otherwise, everything got better and better, just one surprise after another. And that's why I wrote the book about a matter of being in the right place at the right time, and just luck.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Book, Luck, Surprise

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• Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Today, Alcoholics, Ifs

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• I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Generations, Delight

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

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• Longevity in my family's been pretty good. And my grandparents were pretty spry at their age, so I figured I'd probably stay skinny and fairly agile. I used to do old men all the time in sketches. And there used to be an organization called the Gray Panthers. And they would send me, oh, terrible letters about making fun of old people. And I would just always say, "I'm playing the old person I intend to become!"

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fun, Men, People

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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?"

  Dick Van Dyke

  Uncles, Kids, Talking

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

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• I've never been what you'd call a great singer, but I loved to sing.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Singers

  "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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• Today, with the subject matter that's around politically, and internationally and everything, I think Carl Reiner would have a ball. I think the format should stay the same. I'd sure love to see him dealing with it today.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Thinking, Today, Dealing With It

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• I would love to see Carl Reiner working in the arena today. He did some marvelous things on our show in the early '60s when it was a little edgy. We did shows about blacks, a couple, three of those. Some thought-provoking stuff.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Couple, Today

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• I just think everyone needs their own private space.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Thinking, Space, Needs

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

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• I could probably play an alcoholic. I've had some experience with that.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Play, Alcoholics

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

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• I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Comedy, Impossible, Kind

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• I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Retirement, Fun, Mean

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

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• I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Illinois, Grew Up, States

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• I think both of those: the subject matter, pop culture... the talent, I don't think... there's no Jim Belushi in Saturday Night Live, for me. And probably, you know, possibly the material. They've done everything over the years.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Night, Thinking, Culture

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• I wouldn't mind taking a chance at Real Time, I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Real, Thinking, Rose

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• I would love to be Moses.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Moses

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

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• Once I got a job singing and dancing, a reasonable person might think, "Maybe I should learn how to do this." But no, I never did.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Jobs, Thinking, Dancing

  "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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• I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Children, Four, Seven

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• Rob Petrie is who I really am - in personality and general ineffectiveness.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Personality, Ineffectiveness

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• Everything's getting homogenized. It seems to me like music and behavior and everything else is getting homogenized.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Behavior, Seems

  "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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• So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Normal, Normal Life

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• [My mother] once cooked a ham and later found it in my father's shirt drawer. I am not kidding.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Mother, Father, Ham

  Dick Van Dyke (2016). “My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke”, p.15, John Blake Publishing Ltd

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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.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Writing, Eight, Ideas

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