"How can a guy climb trees, say "Me, Tarzan, you, Jane," and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe." [On his role as Tarzan in some 20 films between 1932 and 1949] "I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars." "I started out as a scrawny kid in Chicago, and even that was lucky. It got me to swimming. Then all the good breaks in the world happened-and kept on happening." "I'd like to move into the Douglas Fairbanks type of action pictures. I'm no great actor, but my fans like me, so why shouldn't I give it a whirl?" "I've had about as perfect a 55 years as any human could have." "Tarzan films are decent films, designed for family viewing. It's an idealistic, down-to-earth story about a man's love for animals and the care of his family."