A producer came to me about doing a memoir, and at first I thought, "Well, it's a little bland." But then I realized that almost everything that's happened to me was the result of being in the right place at the right time. And I thought "Well, luck has a lot to do with it," so I wrote it from that perspective.
Dick Van DykeI 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.
Dick Van DykeI think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.
Dick Van DykeYoung people ask me for advice, and I tell them to do what I didn't do. Get some training. I took jobs that required talents I didn't have.
Dick Van Dyke