I don’t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.
JOHN WAYNESure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
More John Wayne Quotes
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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I’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.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
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I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
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Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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In 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.
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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
JOHN WAYNE