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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.

John Wayne

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.
JOHN WAYNE

Disappointed Uncomfortable Want
If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
JOHN WAYNE

Black Conservative Reality White
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNE

Gentleman Man Men
I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
JOHN WAYNE

Fighting Men Real
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
JOHN WAYNE

Regret Tomorrow Yesterday
General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNE

Acting Macarthur Servicemen
You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
JOHN WAYNE

Day Fighting Good Morning
Out here, due process is a bullet.
JOHN WAYNE

Bullets Guy Process Tough
I 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

Bottles Mirrors Moving
A man is no better than he has to be.
JOHN WAYNE

Better Country Men People Person
Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Minded Open Speak
True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
JOHN WAYNE

Leadership Men Sports
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNE

Hate Nuance Simple
I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
JOHN WAYNE

Drink Men never Trust
America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
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 WAYNE

Daughter Embraces Man Mother

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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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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