The 'My Mother the Car' script read like Neil Simon compared to the 'Gilligan's Island' script.
— Jerry Van Dyke
I didn't handle success all that well.
I never turned down anything but 'Gilligan's Island.'
I've always known I was good, but if other people dont think so, it can hurt your confidence.
I have an act I take on the road. That's what saved me. I dont know how most actors make a living.
I've always done comedy, and I've always wanted to do a dramatic role. I wanted to be a sheriff.
God knows I tried to make it earlier in life, but with all due respect to myself, nothing I ever did was any good.
If I had taken 'Gilligan's Island,' I would never have gotten 'Coach' because I would have been established as Gilligan.
The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.
I wanted to be Bob Hope or Red Skelton from the time I was 8 years old.
I became known as the guy who did the worst show in the history of television.
I've been in so many series, or almost-series, that I can't even count them all.
Mom always liked me best.
I always knew if I had some success that I'd no longer be thought of as Dick Van Dyke's brother.
