{"id":123835,"date":"2024-09-08T23:41:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T23:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/dick-van-dyke-looking-for-work-as-he-heads-for-99th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T23:41:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T23:41:30","slug":"dick-van-dyke-looking-for-work-as-he-heads-for-99th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/dick-van-dyke-looking-for-work-as-he-heads-for-99th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Van Dyke &apos;looking for work&apos; as he heads for 99th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-09-09\" datetime=\"1725838890\" pubdate=\"\">9 September 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dick-van-dyke\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dick-van-dyke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dick Van Dyke<\/a> has said he is still \u201clooking for work\u201d as he approaches his 99th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Dick Van Dyke has said he is still \u2018looking for work\u2019 as he approaches his 99th birthday<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Mary Poppins\u2019 actor, who is set to mark the milestone on 13 December, made the gag after he won an award for outstanding variety special at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his 2023 birthday special \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dick-van-dyke\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dick-van-dyke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dick Van Dyke<\/a> 98 Years of Magic\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters after the event he wanted to be remembered \u201cFor laughter\u201d, adding about how he isn\u2019t thinking of retirement: \u201cI hope for making people laugh for 75 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor continued to reflect on his career by saying: \u201cI\u2019ve been in the business 75 years. I can\u2019t believe that I\u2019m still here and performing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking for work if anybody has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDick went on about the early days of his career: \u201cYou have to stick with it. You\u2019re gonna go through hard times and a lot of auditions&#8230; but you have to stay with it. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBe patient if you\u2019ve got the confidence in yourself, and it\u2019s very important to believe that you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn June, Dick stunned fans by performing with his Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix band in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe long-running singing quartet also featured his 52-year-old second wife Arlene Silver, who he married in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey put on the show after Dick made history earlier that month by becoming the oldest Daytime Emmy Award winner.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe took home the trophy for best guest performer in a daytime drama series for his role as Timothy Robicheaux on US soap \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\nDick said at the time going the gym every week is his \u201csecret weapon\u201d to staying youthful.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cI think I\u2019m the last of my generation, really. I\u2019m 98. I have almost all my marbles\u2026 I can\u2019t remember what I had for breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/dick-van-dyke-looking-work-heads-99th-birthday-1405913.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 September 2024 Dick Van Dyke has said he is still \u201clooking for work\u201d as he approaches his 99th birthday. Dick Van Dyke has said he is still \u2018looking for work\u2019 as he approaches his 99th birthday The \u2018Mary Poppins\u2019 actor, who is set to mark the milestone on 13 December, made the gag after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4315,9495],"class_list":{"0":"post-123835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-dick-van-dyke","9":"tag-timothy-robicheaux"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}