American - Actor | December 9, 1928 - June 23, 2015
I wasn't worried about unemployment.
Dick Van Patten
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My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother.
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Tom Bradford is a lot like the real me. He's a man who always put his career second to his family. As long as everything was OK at home, he was OK, too.
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I got what they called a diabetic stroke. Here's what it is, my left hand and my left leg. You know when your leg falls asleep? It's like that constantly. It's not painful, but it's so annoying. My leg is all tingly and my arm is all tingly.
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The family's first, and the career is second. I could get fired from a show. As long as everything's okay with my family, it really would not bother me.
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I never thought radio would fizzle out.
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I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another.
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My four friends were John Kerr, who became a star, Paul Newman, Jimmy Dean, and Jack Lemmon.
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We're very lucky people, doing something that we really love to do. I feel privileged to have been an actor all my life.
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I was in 27 Broadway plays in a row as a kid, and in between, I learned how to play the horses from the stagehands.
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I've been to more racetracks than any other person I've met. Almost every track, missing only a few of the newer ones.
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It used to be said all horse players die broke - you can't beat the races. But today, with the Pick 6's and Superfectas, you can. Not that the odds aren't against you, but a good hit, and it's hard to blow that back.
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