287 Quotes by Dick Van Dyke

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.

When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'

My favorite unknown movie is 'The Comic.'

'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.

I can't work with my brother without laughing.

I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.

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.

I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.

We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I know I'm closer to the drain than most people.