Quotes from Jerry Van Dyke

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.

I wanted to be Bob Hope or Red Skelton from the time I was 8 years old.

I've been in so many series, or almost-series, that I can't even count them all.

I became known as the guy who did the worst show in the history of television.

I didn't handle success all that well.

The 'My Mother the Car' script read like Neil Simon compared to the 'Gilligan's Island' script.

The Emmy nomination did a world of good for my confidence.

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.