The only thing I want to do in films is be Mr. Joe Average as well as I know how. Of course, anyone whose face appears often enough on the screen is bound to have bobby-soxers after him for autographs. But what I really get a kick out of is when cab drivers around New York lean out and yell 'Hi Brooklyn' when I walk by. They make me feel I'm putting it across O. K. when I try to be Joe Average.

New York Times, Dane Clark, Actor, 85, Dies; Starred in World War II Films, September 16, 1998