Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

We're feeding all these zoos. And that's getting bigger and bigger.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

You have a laugh line; don't accentuate it. You get a bigger laugh.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

We wanted a pet food based on sound scientific principles and truth, not marketing hype.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I like to do TV series. I think they're so comfortable. You're doing the same part every week.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

You're working with the same people, and there's a lot of recognition. I like to do series best. I really do.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I remember how my mom would take me on the subway from Queens to Broadway. We'd go to the offices of casting agents. Many doors were slammed in our faces. I was just a boy, but I remember that well.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I wasn't worried about unemployment.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

Tom Bradford is a lot like the real me. He's a man who always put his career second to his family. As long as everything was OK at home, he was OK, too.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

The family's first, and the career is second. I could get fired from a show. As long as everything's okay with my family, it really would not bother me.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I never thought radio would fizzle out.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

My four friends were John Kerr, who became a star, Paul Newman, Jimmy Dean, and Jack Lemmon.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

We're very lucky people, doing something that we really love to do. I feel privileged to have been an actor all my life.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I was in 27 Broadway plays in a row as a kid, and in between, I learned how to play the horses from the stagehands.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I've been to more racetracks than any other person I've met. Almost every track, missing only a few of the newer ones.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

It used to be said all horse players die broke - you can't beat the races. But today, with the Pick 6's and Superfectas, you can. Not that the odds aren't against you, but a good hit, and it's hard to blow that back.

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten

I've had a great life. It was exciting. I worked with the most interesting people, and I traveled all over the country.