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.
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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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A 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.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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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.
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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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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courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway” “A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.
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When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.
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