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. – Dick Van Dyke
I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on! – Dick Van Dyke
But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script. – Dick Van Dyke
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. – Dick Van Dyke
Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I’m just going to put: ‘Glad I Could Help.’ – Dick Van Dyke
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. – Dick Van Dyke
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. – Dick Van Dyke
‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life. – Dick Van Dyke
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
I pay attention to the news. I take the ‘New York Times.’ I do the Saturday crossword. – Dick Van Dyke
I was a ‘Laurel and Hardy’ nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he’d want me to play him. – Dick Van Dyke
I’ve always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, ‘Well, he’s more of a dancer.’ And dancers say, ‘No. He’s really a singer.’ And singers say, ‘No. He’s an actor.’ – Dick Van Dyke
When I started having kids, I thought, ‘I don’t want to do anything they can’t watch.’ – Dick Van Dyke
Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn – and those are all good things. – Dick Van Dyke
‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ was a movie that I repeatedly turned down. The movie’s producer, Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, known for his tight-fisted control of the James Bond movie franchise, desperately wanted to re-team Julie Andrews and me after the success we’d enjoyed with ‘Mary Poppins.’ – Dick Van Dyke
In Bernie Sanders, I see a man saying that the emperor has no clothes while everyone around him insists they see clothes. Whether or not he makes it to the White House, I hope and pray that everyone hears the alarm he is sounding now; it may be the last voice we ever hear. – Dick Van Dyke
My wife didn’t like Hollywood or its stars, but she made an exception when, in 1972, we were invited to dinner – cooked by Frank Sinatra. – Dick Van Dyke
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. – Dick Van Dyke
I’m really in retirement. 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. – Dick Van Dyke
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. – Dick Van Dyke
I watch ‘Al Jazeera.’ They have news that you can’t find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too. – Dick Van Dyke