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 auditioned for ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ on Broadway, Gower Champion said, ‘You’ve got the job!’ I said, ‘Mr. Champion, I can’t dance.’ He said, ‘We’ll teach you what you need to know.’

I found myself thinking about what worked for me, and also what I wanted to do for work, what was important to me, and what I wanted my work to say about me.

My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I’ve had all four of his kids on the show.

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

Life is like a box of chocolates, I’m a nerd and I read books.

I watch ‘Al Jazeera.’ They have news that you can’t find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

Be careful not to trip over the ottoman.

I sing all day. And it’s good for you. Good for your vocal cords.