287 Quotes by Dick Van Dyke

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.

Do you know that I was the anchor on the ‘CBS Morning Show?’ And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.

I played a killer twice. Once on ‘Matlock,’ on Andy Griffith’s show, I got to play the killer.

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I’m just going to put: ‘Glad I Could Help.’

I sing and dance. That’s my job.

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.

People think I’m talking like I’m in perfect health, but I have all the infirmities for my age. I have arthritis and all those things. But if you keep moving, that won’t bother you.

Hope is life’s essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning.

Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there’s a great feeling of: ‘Hey, I’m free as a bird.’