287 Quotes by Dick Van Dyke

I survived – and looking back, I learned not to sweat the little stuff.

Put me on solid ground and I’ll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

Some people never change their mind through their whole lives, about anything, despite new information that comes in. And now that we know that homosexuality is not a choice, it’s biological, I think we have to love and understand them.

I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don’t. I can’t get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can’t spread peanut butter on the jelly.

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.

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.

I’m not a loner. I have to have a life partner.

There are people with their iPads are taking pictures so much that they’re not experiencing the moment. They go home and look at the pictures later.