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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?

John Wayne

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 WAYNE

Fighting Men Real
Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Knocked Life More Time
A man ought to do what he thinks is right
JOHN WAYNE

Men Ought Thinking
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNE

Couches Cowboy Saws
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNE

Hate Nuance Simple
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Asks Firsts Mine
America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
JOHN WAYNE

Communism Point View Views
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Boys Character Simple
I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNE

Children Three Wife
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNE

Basketball Decision Done
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Mean Phrases Strong
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
JOHN WAYNE

Guy Made Picture Shots
A man is no better than he has to be.
JOHN WAYNE

Better Country Men People Person
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Joy People Person Problem World

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