Dick Van Dyke Quotes

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

I love working with older actors because number one, I can learn so much from them because they have so much experience. And it's fun to hear their stories from their era, some of the jokes.

I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.

My background is in improv and writing.

You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

I've been making people laugh for 40 years, so I know how important it is!

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.

I wish there were people when I was young that I had a respect for and looked up to that I could have been guided by. I didn't have that, and I really do wish I did because I think I would've learned a lot more.

When I was 8 years old, I watched 'Saturday Night Live,' and I always wanted to be on there and be an entertainer.

I've been entertaining since I was kid.

The great thing about stand up is you get to do other things. You get to do your stand up tours but you also get to do 'Have I Got News For You.' You get to do a sitcom, but you also get to do the 'Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice.' I'm easily bored, so I like the variety.

I learned a lot from my father.

I used to do comedy during my theatre days, and I was good at that.

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.