Johnny Weissmuller Quotes
Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?
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)
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
When people don`t know me any more or want my autograph, then I`ll think about retiring.
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
We didn`t have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.
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?
Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
Treat your body well, and it`ll see you through for many years.
The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you`re only as good as your last picture.
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.
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.
All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.
I`ve had about as perfect a 55 years as any human could have.
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.
No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.
I need freedom to be happy.
How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?
I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.
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.
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.
