I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
I played a killer twice. Once on ‘Matlock,’ on Andy Griffith’s show, I got to play the killer.
I never made a good movie.
I don’t have any children; I have four middle-aged people.
I sing and dance. That’s my job.
I think, the ‘Van Dyke Show’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn’t want it to end.
I think it’s being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.
Today, if you’re not an alcoholic, you’re nobody.
I’ve retired so many times now it’s getting to be a habit.
I did a ‘Golden Girls’ once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
I can’t work with my brother without laughing.
Do you know that I was the anchor on the ‘CBS Morning Show?’ And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.
The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving.
I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn’t want to do anything my kids can’t see.
Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.
You know, I’m almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.
I loved to fall down.
Put me on solid ground and I’ll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.
I like ‘The Office.’ I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the ‘Seinfeld’ show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.