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 WAYNEI 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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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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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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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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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
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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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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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