Dick Van Dyke Quotes

A lot of actors seem to dislike typecasting these days. The funny thing is, that's a fairly recent development. It used to be that actors wanted to be typecast so audiences could remember them and identify with them.

Dick Van Dyke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 13, 1925

Topics

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All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

John Boorman

GreatStoryBehaviorLegendsHuman

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

Andrei Platonov

HappinessMeaningWillMaterialism

I'm into all types of stuff. I might have on Pumas one day, Givenchy the next. I'd wear this John Elliott sweat suit to the club.

Meek Mill

DaySweatOne DayNextClubSuit

I've never wanted to be a lady who lunches - I've always wanted to be a woman who works.

Meghan Markle

WomanLadyNeverAlwaysWhoWanted

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

John Malkovich

WorkTimePaintingStorySpeedYou

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend, and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry.

Matt Frewer

LegendBattleYouKnowKidAlways

I'm your full blown charismatic evangelical freak daddy.

Stephen Baldwin

FreakDaddyYourFullCharismatic

My scripts, they're pretty serious. I basically just describe stuff. I don't put too many notes and letters to the editors. But when I wrote 'KGBLT,' in parentheses I wrote, 'Well this is the best thing I've ever written. It will all be downhill from here. I'm so sorry for the rest of my career.'

Tom King

BestSorryRestCareerSeriousWill

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.

Roz Savage

FearFreedomMoneyPeoplePerception

Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

Jaron Lanier

AcceptancePeopleLaborGoogleExist

It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body.

David Soul

ThinkYouBodyGravityYour Body

As you move through life, it's not going to be a bright, sunshiny day every day.

Ara Parseghian

LifeDayYouEvery DayBrightGoing

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