I would love to be Moses. — Dick Van Dyke

We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. — Dick Van Dyke

You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that’s enough for me. — Dick Van Dyke

I agreed with his thesis that God was not an all–powerful ‘cosmic superman’ looking down from the penthouse as much as He was Love. — Dick Van Dyke

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

I had an uncle who had a car with a rumble seat, and I used to love to ride in that thing. I mentioned this to some kids, and they were like, ‘What are you even talking about? — Dick Van Dyke

I loved to fall down. — Dick Van Dyke

I always loved to dance, but I never had a clue what I was doing. — Dick Van Dyke

I sing and dance. That’s my job. — Dick Van Dyke

Everyone should dance. And everyone should sing. People say, ‘Well, I can’t sing.’ Everybody can sing. That you do it badly is no reason not to sing. — Dick Van Dyke

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.’ — Dick Van Dyke

I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said ‘Yes, but it hurts now.’ That’s exactly it. I can still dance too, but it hurts now! — Dick Van Dyke

Anyone who doesn’t sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life. — Dick Van Dyke

There are tribes all over the world who sing and dance every day as part of their lives. And we oughta do that. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

The Show’ was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life. — Dick Van Dyke

My life has been a magnificent indulgence. — Dick Van Dyke

Mary Poppins’ was one of the best experiences of my life. — Dick Van Dyke

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl. — Dick Van Dyke

All of us involved say ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play. — Dick Van Dyke

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life. — Dick Van Dyke

No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that. — Dick Van Dyke

The best writers were philosophers who wrapped their commentary about life in laughter. — Dick Van Dyke

Accepting that life is a perfectly imperfect experience is a crucial part of appreciating senior citizenship and coming to terms with the past. — Dick Van Dyke

I think, the ‘Van Dyke Show’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn’t want it to end. — Dick Van Dyke

If you spend your life thinking, ‘I wonder if today is when it ends,’ you’re going to miss out on everything wonderful. — Dick Van Dyke

I didn’t know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community. — Dick Van Dyke

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.’ — Dick Van Dyke

I could probably play an alcoholic. I’ve had some experience with that. — Dick Van Dyke

I just think everyone needs their own private space. — Dick Van Dyke

I can’t work with my brother without laughing. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

My work is just a hobby. No, I wouldn’t want to do it professionally. It’s too hard. Deadlines are no fun. But I can sit and tweak all night and not worry about time. — Dick Van Dyke

There’s a lot of very funny people I’d love to work with that I’ve never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey. — Dick Van Dyke

In general, things either work out or they don’t, and if they don’t, you figure out something else, a plan B. There’s nothing wrong with plan B. — Dick Van Dyke

I’ve won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I’ll have a full set. — Dick Van Dyke

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

I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel. — Dick Van Dyke

I like ‘The Office.’ I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the ‘Seinfeld’ show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show. — Dick Van Dyke

When you’re a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don’t have a thought in your mind. It’s purely meditation, and we lose that. — Dick Van Dyke

You’re going to die. That’s going to happen. What matters is what you do with your time before you get flushed out. — Dick Van Dyke

I’m really in retirement. My career is over. I’m just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I’m doing what’s fun for me. — Dick Van Dyke

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night. — Dick Van Dyke

Otherwise, everything got better and better, just one surprise after another. And that’s why I wrote the book about a matter of being in the right place at the right time, and just luck. — Dick Van Dyke

We spent a lot of time together and had a great time with Mary Tyler Moore. And just working with her was like improv. — Dick Van Dyke

The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young. — Dick Van Dyke

For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me. — Dick Van Dyke

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good. — Dick Van Dyke

I get to do a little song and dance number, i gotta be a part of it… this time there’s no four hours in the makeup chair, i grew into the part! i don’t have to wear makeup at all! — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke