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 WAYNEI’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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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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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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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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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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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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