--- title: "22 Dick Van Dyke Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 22 Dick Van Dyke quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Dick Van Dyke sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/dick-van-dyke-2430_creative_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun_2971078.jpg" --- > ['The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun-i-ever-had-and-the-most/) [Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/dick-van-dyke-2430_creative_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun_2971078.jpg) > [I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-van-dyke/i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that-i-d-no-longer-be-thought-of/) [Jerry Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/jerry-van-dyke-33589_always_i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that_728263.jpg) > [Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-foley/dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-setting-everybody-else-up/) [Dave Foley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-foley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/dave-foley-21975_dyke_dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-set_2472131.png) > [All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/all-of-us-involved-say-the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-best-five-years/) [Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/dick-van-dyke-2430_dykes_all-of-us-involved-say-the-dick-van-dyke_2300781.jpg) > [I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicki-lawrence/i-was-trying-to-be-mary-tyler-moore-i-loved-her-in-the-dick-van-dyke/) [Vicki Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicki-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/vicki-lawrence-7117_her_i-was-trying-to-be-mary-tyler-moore-i-lo_3204768.jpg) > [There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-somers/there-s-dick-van-dyke-and-john-ritter-the-two-greatest-physical/) [Suzanne Somers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-somers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/suzanne-somers-5075_comic_there-s-dick-van-dyke-and-john-ritter-th_1843472.png) > [And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-tyler-moore/and-then-dick-called-and-said-i-m-going-to-do-a-special-called-dick/) [Mary Tyler Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-tyler-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/mary-tyler-moore-8090_cheating_and-then-dick-called-and-said-i-m-going_906034.jpg) > [I look at the things that Dick Van Dyke and Danny Kaye do on television, and I think: Maybe I could do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-crane/i-look-at-the-things-that-dick-van-dyke-and-danny-kaye-do-on/) [Bob Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/bob-crane-9846_i-think_i-look-at-the-things-that-dick-van-dyke_2313954.jpg) > [I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-danson/i-got-my-first-television-at-stanford-when-i-was-20-and-i-used-to/) [Ted Danson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-danson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/ted-danson-6752_along_i-got-my-first-television-at-stanford-wh_560087.jpg) > ['The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-reiner/the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-my-labor-of-love-when-asked-the-best-thing/) [Carl Reiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-reiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/carl-reiner-12014_best_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-my-labor-of-l_785465.jpg) > [Even failures can turn into something positive if you just keep going. I wrote a television pilot called 'Head of the Family.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-reiner/even-failures-can-turn-into-something-positive-if-you-just-keep-going/) [Carl Reiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-reiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/carl-reiner-12014_failure_even-failures-can-turn-into-something-po_2185713.jpg) > [“Wisdom: "Oh, fantastic. We've got an army made up of fairies and Beatles, and we're fighting H. G. Wells' martians and bloody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/wisdom-oh-fantastic-we-ve-got-an-army-made-up-of-fairies-and-beatles/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/paul-cornell-19016_wisdom_wisdom-oh-fantastic-we-ve-got-an-army-ma_2507332.jpg) > [There's no tradition today except initials, 'CSI,' 'NCIS,' all the rest. Even with reruns today, people don't know there was a 'Dick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/there-s-no-tradition-today-except-initials-csi-ncis-all-the-rest-even/) [Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/bill-cosby-720_andy_there-s-no-tradition-today-except-initia_3013216.jpg) > [As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-mochrie/as-a-kid-i-watched-television-24-hours-a-day-and-loved-every-minute/) [Colin Mochrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-mochrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/colin-mochrie-9765_fawlty-towers_as-a-kid-i-watched-television-24-hours-a_724315.jpg) > [When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-klarik/when-you-decide-you-want-to-become-a-television-writer-you-naively/) Jeffrey Klarik [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/jeffrey-klarik-70635_american_when-you-decide-you-want-to-become-a-tel_1982795.jpg) > [Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-tyler-moore/reruns-are-wonderful-because-it-usually-indicates-that-they-had/) [Mary Tyler Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-tyler-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/mary-tyler-moore-8090_good_reruns-are-wonderful-because-it-usually_2948928.jpg) > [I was obsessed with New York early on. I was watching sitcoms that were set in or around New York, like 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-was-obsessed-with-new-york-early-on-i-was-watching-sitcoms-that/) [George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/george-c-wolfe-4405_city_i-was-obsessed-with-new-york-early-on-i_1124877.jpg) > [My dad would have me watch the shows that he liked. I watched 'I Love Lucy.' I watched 'The Dick Van Dyke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schneider/my-dad-would-have-me-watch-the-shows-that-he-liked-i-watched-i-love/) [Dan Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schneider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/dan-schneider-11092_dad_my-dad-would-have-me-watch-the-shows-tha_1135493.jpg) > [Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wood/dick-van-dyke-was-my-first-idol-he-s-an-amazing-physical-comedian/) [Douglas Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/douglas-wood-20594_afraid_dick-van-dyke-was-my-first-idol-he-s-an_835925.jpg) > [I'd love to work with Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp or Dick Van Dyke. I love 'Mary Poppins' - when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-holland/i-d-love-to-work-with-julia-roberts-and-johnny-depp-or-dick-van-dyke/) [Willa Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/willa-holland-37520_depp_i-d-love-to-work-with-julia-roberts-and_2050013.jpg) > [I actually grew up in the 'burbs - New Rochelle, specifically, most famously home to Rob and Laura Petrie of 'The Dick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-malina/i-actually-grew-up-in-the-burbs-new-rochelle-specifically-most/) [Joshua Malina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-malina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/joshua-malina-14672_home_i-actually-grew-up-in-the-burbs-new-roch_3073160.jpg) > [When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tambor/when-i-was-growing-up-there-was-a-character-on-tv-there-was-a/) [Jeffrey Tambor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tambor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/jeffrey-tambor-2977_character_when-i-was-growing-up-there-was-a-charac_1326077.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dick-van-dyke/#itemlist", "name": "Dick Van Dyke Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Van Dyke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun-i-ever-had-and-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/dick-van-dyke-2430_creative_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun_2971078.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/dick-van-dyke-2430_creative_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun_2971078.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/dick-van-dyke-2430_creative_the-dick-van-dyke-show-was-the-most-fun_2971078.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.” — Dick Van Dyke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Van Dyke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-van-dyke/i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that-i-d-no-longer-be-thought-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/jerry-van-dyke-33589_always_i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that_728263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/jerry-van-dyke-33589_always_i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that_728263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/jerry-van-dyke-33589_always_i-always-knew-if-i-had-some-success-that_728263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.” — Jerry Van Dyke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dave Foley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-foley/dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-setting-everybody-else-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/dave-foley-21975_dyke_dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-set_2472131.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/dave-foley-21975_dyke_dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-set_2472131.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/dave-foley-21975_dyke_dick-van-dyke-spent-most-of-his-time-set_2472131.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.” — Dave Foley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. 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