“I’m the oldest nominee in history. I can’t believe it. I was playing old men all my life. If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!”
“I’m 98 years old, can you believe it? This really tops off a lifetime of 80 years in the business,” he concluded.
From Bye Bye Birdie to The Dick Van Dyke Show to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to Mary Poppins, Van Dyke has been entertaining the masses for generations and despite his age has no plans to stop anytime soon.
“Give me a shot at it” he said when told he was only one letter away from securing EGOT status.
“I hope it’s not posthumous.”
