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Dick Van Dyke
Age: 98
Born: 1925
Born: December 13
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West Plains
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Richard Wayne Van Dyke
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When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.
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When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'
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If you spend your life thinking, I wonder if today is when it ends, you're going to miss out on everything wonderful.
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But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
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I sing all day. And it's good for you. Good for your vocal cords.
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I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.
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I wouldn't mind taking a chance at Real Time, I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.
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Carl Reiner particularly as a writer, a terrific writer. He's just turning out things.
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Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
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I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.
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I would love to see Carl Reiner working in the arena today. He did some marvelous things on our show in the early '60s when it was a little edgy. We did shows about blacks, a couple, three of those. Some thought-provoking stuff.
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In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.
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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.
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You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.
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I have two kids who were like me, we get out of bed feeling good, and the other two would sit at the breakfast table and grumble. I think it's born into us. I usually wake up feeling pretty good. Looking forward to the day.
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Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning
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I could probably play an alcoholic. I've had some experience with that.
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'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.
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Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.
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I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.
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