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I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
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I 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.
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I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.
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I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.
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A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.
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For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.
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I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.
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I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
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As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.
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Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'
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But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
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Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.
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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.
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Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism.
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I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
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I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.
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But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.
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I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.
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Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
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Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.
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As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
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'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' was a movie that I repeatedly turned down. The movie's producer, Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli, known for his tight-fisted control of the James Bond movie franchise, desperately wanted to re-team Julie Andrews and me after the success we'd enjoyed with 'Mary Poppins.'
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Don't worry so much. Most of the things you worry about never end up happening.
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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.
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I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.'
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So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.
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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.'
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I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!
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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!
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