Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
JOHN WAYNEOf course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
JOHN WAYNERepublic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.
JOHN WAYNETrue grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNEI stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNEA man ought to do what he thinks is right
JOHN WAYNEA 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.
JOHN WAYNEIn 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 WAYNELife is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
JOHN WAYNENobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNEThanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
JOHN WAYNEI never shot nobody I didnt have to.
JOHN WAYNEI’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 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 WAYNEWhen you stop fighting, that’s death.
JOHN WAYNEHealthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNEIt rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
JOHN WAYNE