Quotes from Dick Van Patten

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

I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living.

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.

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

My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother.

I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough.

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

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.

I got what they called a diabetic stroke. Here's what it is, my left hand and my left leg. You know when your leg falls asleep? It's like that constantly. It's not painful, but it's so annoying. My leg is all tingly and my arm is all tingly.

It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here.

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.