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Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, and entertainer known for his work in television, film, and theater. His career includes iconic roles in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and movies like "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He continues to inspire audiences with his charm, wit, and enduring talent. Here are 96 of his quotes:

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. (Dick Van Dyke)
They did ask me to do 'Dancing With The Stars;' I said I can do one show, but on that show you have to come up with a new number every week, and I told them that I think I'm a little past that stage. View quote
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My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me. View quote
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I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone. View quote
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When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me. View quote
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When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.' View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young. View quote
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Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving. View quote
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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)
There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey. View quote
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I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set. View quote
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I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show. View quote
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I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play. View quote
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I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now! View quote
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Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite. View quote
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I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun. View quote
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I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer. (Dick Van Dyke)

Dick Van Dyke

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: December 13, 1925
Quotes count: 96

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