Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dykeis an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer whose career in entertainment has spanned almost seven decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and father of Barry Van Dyke...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 December 1925
CityWest Plains, MO
television habit knows
You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.
responsibility self discipline
As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
fall falling-down
I loved to fall down.
mother wife bears
I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.
moving circles way
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.
book writing luck
I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
sex thinking people
So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.
moving
I hear music and my feet just start moving.
radio wanted announcers
I wanted to be a radio announcer.
crazy angel age
I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.
office british shows
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.
moving moses
Moses probably danced a little, right? You don't part the Red Sea without having some moves.
brother kids poor
My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.
helping gravestone wanted
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'