Dick Van Dyke has joked that it will be “humorous” if he “did not make” his a hundredth birthday.
Dick Van Dyke turns 100 in December
The Mary Poppins legend will have fun his milestone birthday on December 13 however quipped that he’s not assured to achieve three figures.
Talking on the Vandy Excessive Tea occasion in California, Dick mentioned: “That is proper. I am not formally 100 till December. Two months. Two months.
“It would be humorous if I did not make it.”
Dick later instructed that he “would’ve taken higher care” of himself had he identified he was going to dwell for therefore lengthy and quipped that marrying his second spouse Arlene Silver in 2012 is the one intelligent resolution he has made.
The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang actor defined: “I brag typically about how I made it to 100 and the reality is, if I had identified I used to be going to dwell this lengthy, I might’ve taken higher care of myself.
“And it’s irritating as a result of I do not know what I did proper. Aside from her (Arlene), I did not do something proper.”
The beloved star has been a family title because the Sixties however beforehand confessed that he “by no means deliberate” to turn out to be an actor.
Van Dyke advised New York Journal earlier this 12 months: “My complete life was unplanned. Simply the following alternative that got here alongside — one great point after one other. I by no means deliberate something.
“One job led into one other one, and I simply stored working and having fun with it. I’m a ham. I don’t know, one thing occurs and I come alive and I wish to carry out.
“I might have starved in some other enterprise. Being on the stage — there’s nothing prefer it on the planet for anybody who can expertise it. I pity the individuals who can’t get on the stage. Good God, it was enjoyable!”
In the meantime, Dick additionally recalled how he and Arlene – who’s 46 years his junior – have been advised that their relationship would by no means work.
The star, who first met Arlene again in 2006, advised Individuals journal: “We get alongside so properly. Everyone mentioned it would not work.”
The 54-year-old make-up artist added: “We simply care about one another a lot… I imply it is like eerie how properly it really works. Individuals the identical age do not final.”
