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 WAYNEWhen you stop fighting, that’s death.
More John Wayne Quotes
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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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’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
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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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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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I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still .
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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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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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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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