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
needs enough enjoy
You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that's enough for me.
hate
Haters are going to hate.
loner partners life-partner
I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.
I've never been what you'd call a great singer, but I loved to sing.
kids lucky want
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.
children two adults
Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.
kids night firsts
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.
moses
I would love to be Moses.
people advice training
Young people ask me for advice, and I tell them to do what I didn't do. Get some training. I took jobs that required talents I didn't have.
You're going to die. That's going to happen. What matters is what you do with your time before you get flushed out.
thinking good-marriage
I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.
moving
I hear music and my feet just start moving.
home people shy
I wasn't a falling-in-the-gutter type. I drank at home because it relaxed me. I was shy around new people, but after a drink or two, I became more sociable.
opportunity joy missing
Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.