Dick Van Dyke Quotes - Page 5

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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'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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Night, Host, Reason

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• I think there's kind of a wave of nostalgia going on right at the moment. You know, people recall an earlier time, which they see as a better time. And I think we just kind of evoke good thoughts when they look at us. That's the feeling I get.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Thinking, People, Feelings

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• I've met presidents, but I've never performed for one. I said it was the first time in 50 years I actually had butterflies. You know, the Obamas were sitting out there, the Supreme Court, Maya Angelou, and Desmond Tutu for God's sake, all in the front row.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Butterfly, President, First Time

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• We spent a lot of time together and had a great time with Mary Tyler Moore. And just working with her was like improv.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Together, Had A Great Time, Time Together

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• Carl Reiner particularly as a writer, a terrific writer. He's just turning out things.

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• I went public with the alcoholism, very early on... the early '70s. Mercedes McCambridge, the actress, I think was the first recognizable person that went before Congress and talked about it, and I thought that was a good idea, to take some of the stigma away from it and say "Normal, average people can fall prey to it." So it's been public for me. I did a movie about an alcoholic. And today, you're nobody unless you've been to rehab. It seems like everybody has some kind of an addiction.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fall, Thinking, People

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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.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Missing You, Musical, Wish

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• My work is just a hobby. No, I wouldn't want to do it professionally. It's too hard. Deadlines are no fun. But I can sit and tweak all night and not worry about time.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fun, Night, Worry

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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.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Years, Play, Otters

  "Dick Van Dyke Plays Not My Job". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. October 23, 2010.

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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 did a guest shot on a comedy series where they did 20 to 30 takes of everything. It's just gone by then. The joke is over. It's not funny anymore, and then of course, the editor's the one that has to figure out the timing. I think a lot depends on that.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Thinking, Comedy, Timing

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• I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same.

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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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• You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Television, Habit, Knows

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

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• I loved to fall down.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fall, Falling Down

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

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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.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Moving, Circles, Way

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

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• So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Sex, Thinking, People

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

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• I wanted to be a radio announcer.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Radio, Wanted, Announcers

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• I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don`t. I can`t get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Song, Men, Actors

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

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