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I have few other characters to relate to other than myself. I have enough of a body of work now that the paternal side of Alan Thicke gets a lot of play. I do get a lot of calls to play dads.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Alan Body Calls Characters Dads Enough Few Get Gets Lot Myself Now Other Play Relate Side Than Work

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In 'The Goods,' I'm Ed Helms' dad, and I was known all those years as Kirk Cameron's father, and now I'm known as Robin Thicke's father, so I find myself playing myself a lot and, frankly, living up to expectations of what the public's image of me is.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Cameron Dad Expectations Father Find Frankly Goods Image Kirk Known Living Lot Me Myself Now Playing Public Robin Those Up Years

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I've always felt that improv looks and feels more clever when you're there to experience it live than when you have the degree of separation that television creates. Television raises expectations.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Always Clever Creates Degree Expectations Experience Feels Felt Improv Live Looks More Raises Separation Television Than You

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Part of the mystique of shows like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is the idea that they begin with a couple of plot lines, and then a bunch of geniuses improvise dialogue. It's not quite that unstructured and loose. It makes for a good urban myth, but everything's a little more tightly scripted and programmed than that.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Begin Bunch Couple Curb Dialogue Enthusiasm Everything Geniuses Good Idea Improvise Like Lines Little Loose Makes More Mystique Myth Part Plot Programmed Quite Scripted Shows Than Then Tightly Urban Your

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I was discovered, or mentored, by Norman Lear, who plucked me from the grinder of relative obscurity.

~Alan Thicke

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My advice, it's get involved in any and every aspect of the business that affords itself to you.

~Alan Thicke

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The two things I hear wherever I go, literally walking down the street, through airports, or in restaurants - it is either 'You raised me,' or 'Fellow Canadian.' Not even a paraphrase - those are the exact remarks.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Airport Canadian Down Either Even Exact Fellow Go Hear Literally Me Paraphrase Raised Remarks Restaurants Street Things Those Through Two Walking Wherever You

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I have some realistic humility which comes from my first career as a writer. I wrote for other people for ten years. I saw some incredible egos not based on any reality. They were great when they were on top and awful when they weren't. I learned a lot about how to treat people.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: About Any Awful Based Career Egos First Great How Humility Incredible Learned Lot Other People Realistic Reality Saw Some Ten Ten Years Top Treat Were Which Writer Wrote Years

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If I could have grown up to be Robin Thicke, I would have. But I'm glad somebody in the family did.

~Alan Thicke

Topics: Could Did Family Glad Grown If I Could Robin Somebody Up Would

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Actor

Born: March 1st, 1947

Died: December 13th, 2016

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