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 WAYNEPaul 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
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I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
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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.
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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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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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I would like to be remembered, well… the Mexicans have a phrase, ‘Feo fuerte y formal’. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
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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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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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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 man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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