Facts about Dick Van Dyke

Occup.Actor
FromUSA
BornDecember 13, 1925
Age98 years

Summary

Dick Van Dyke is a famous Actor from USA, he is 98 years old and still alive, born December 13, 1925.

Zodiac:
He is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism. Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Dick.

Related authors: Mary Tyler Moore (Actress), Christian Slater (Actor)

Filmography:

32 Famous quotes by Dick Van Dyke

Small: My kids are so much better parent than I was
"My kids are so much better parent than I was"
Small: I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste
"I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste"
Small: I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed awa
"I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know"
Small: I think its being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business
"I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business"
Small: I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl
"I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl"
Small: No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really m
"No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that"
Small: I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while theyre denying that they are addic
"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"
Small: I never made a good movie
"I never made a good movie"
Small: I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state
"I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state"
Small: So I think were kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence
"So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence"
Small: So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the
"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"
Small: I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didnt move in show bu
"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"
Small: I wanted to be a radio announcer
"I wanted to be a radio announcer"
Small: I dont have any children, I have four middle-aged people
"I don't have any children, I have four middle-aged people"
Small: So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life
"So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life"
Small: I loved to fall down
"I loved to fall down"
Small: Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, well likely
"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"
Small: Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simp
"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"
Small: No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a g
"No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago"
Small: I have four children and I have seven grandkids
"I have four children and I have seven grandkids"
Small: I dont think weve got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skew
"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"
Small: Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing
"Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing"
Small: But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script
"But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script"
Small: My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student
"My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show"
Small: Ive retired so many times now its getting to be a habit
"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit"
Small: But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You dont see them anymore
"But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore"
Small: Today, if youre not an alcoholic, youre nobody
"Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody"
Small: Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad
"Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad"
Small: Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an
"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"
Small: I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me.
"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"
Small: A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didnt want to do that kind of thing
"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing"
Small: Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them
"Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them"