I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNEI’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNELife is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
JOHN WAYNENobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNEI’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
JOHN WAYNEIt rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
JOHN WAYNEWhen you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
JOHN WAYNEWesterns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNEA friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.
JOHN WAYNEHealthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNEIf everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
JOHN WAYNEWell, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
JOHN WAYNEIn my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right – that’s me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I’ve been selling the hell out of that ever since I started.
JOHN WAYNEGeneral MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNEA man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
JOHN WAYNECommunism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
JOHN WAYNEI figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed up this drawl, the squint and a way of moving meant to suggest that I wasn’t looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror.
JOHN WAYNE