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Legendary performer Dick Van Dyke sat down with PEOPLE for a cover story in this week's issue ahead of his centennial birthday

The Mary Poppins actor recently put out a new book, 100 Reasons For Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to Life

“When you expire, you expire," he tells PEOPLE.

Ask Dick Van Dyke what surprises him most about his upcoming centennial birthday on Dec. 13, and he simply says, “The fact that I made it."

“I feel really good for 100,” he tells PEOPLE for a story in this week's print issue, while sitting with his wife Arlene Silver, 54, at their Malibu home. "Sometimes I have more energy than others — but I never wake up in a bad mood.”

As he nears his centennial birthday on Dec. 13 (“I hope I make it,” he jokes), the legendary entertainer admits to be

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