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Go Away With ... Carl Reiner

By Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency on

Carl Reiner created "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and directed films such as "The Jerk." He has won multiple Emmys, a Grammy and, in 1999, was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. His books include "All Kinds of Love," "Enter Laughing" and his latest memoir "I Just Remembered" (Random Content; $19.34). He's 60 pages into his next memoir, which he plans to have published in 2015. To say that the 92-year-old actor-comic-producer-author likes to stay busy is an understatement.

Of his life, Reiner -- who resides in California -- says, "I am very lucky. I have lived a very fortunate life that has been full of travel. There's no place we haven't been to. (My wife and I) made one trip many years ago to China, when it first opened up to Western trade. It was three of the most glorious weeks we ever spent." Fans may read Reiner's very funny Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/carlreiner.

Q. Do you ever write when you're on the road?

A. I don't think I do. When I'm on an airplane, I watch a movie or do a crossword puzzle. It's hard for me to think and write somewhere else. I don't want the competition.

Q. What is a destination you enjoy returning to on a regular basis?

A. France. When I was in the army, I studied French. When our kids got old enough, we would go for a couple weeks to someplace in France. We rented a house in the south of France. We eventually bought a house and lived there every summer for 15 years. Those eight or nine weeks of summer every year were some of the best times of our lives. Our friends, Mel Brooks and his wife Anne Bancroft, stayed with us. It was such an idyllic time in our lives.

 

Q. Is there a trip that stands out in your mind?

A. So many. We took a trip to Venice. It was very dramatic. One of my parents passed away. I left my wife in Venice and flew back home and then came back to Venice.

Q. Was there a point when you got sick of traveling so much?

A. No! Every trip is emblazoned in my head as the best time of my life.

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