At 95-years-old, Dick Van Dyke is defying expectations on every level.
In a new interview with CBS This Morning, the Hollywood star showed off his at-home workout routine. The actor did sit-up exercises in his backyard while discussing how he is “still dancing," explaining how he stays active each year.
“I’m 95, and a lot of my friends won’t do these,” Van Dyke said. “... So all you old guys out there, listen to me, I’m telling you: You can keep going for a long— I’m still dancing! And singing!”
The 95-year-old described himself as an “active” actor while he reminisced about his role in 2018’s “Mary Poppins Returns.” In thinking back on the dance sequence, he explained how he was given “three versions and I took the hardest one. I had to prove I could do it.”
“I’m looking forward to 100,” he said in the interview. “George Burns made it, and I’m gonna do it too!”
According to People, the actor was interviewed by NPR when he said that the most challenging thing about getting older is “giving up the things that you enjoy doing.”
“I can’t handle the tennis court anymore. I can still run and dance and sing. You know, I made a habit of asking other people in their old age: of all the things you enjoyed doing when you were younger that you can’t anymore, what do you miss?” he said at the time. “Some people mention golf or tennis. One woman said, ‘I miss having lunch with the girls.’ But the people who said I wish I had made smarter business decisions, I think they’re missing the point.”
“The point is to enjoy,” Van Dyke added. “You have to pick what you enjoy doing, what fulfills you, what interests you. And I realize that’s not possible for a lot of people. As Thoreau said, a lot of people are living lives of quiet desperation. But almost anyone can find that one immersing hobby or pastime that they love to do.”
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