John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne and the nickname Duke, was an American actor, director, and producer. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth26 May 1907
CountryUnited States of America
sports men remembers-everything
Men forget everything; women remember everything.
gone recognition judgment
If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business.
sports men needs
That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.
art motion-pictures
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
hate men doors
Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
believe violence i-believe
I believe humor nullifies violence.
guy made shots
I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
men thinking able
You're going to think I'm being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will be able to say that I was an honest, kind and fairly decent man.
country thinking thank-god
It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here.
drink bother comradeship
I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don't bother to keep count.
war believe fighting
This kind of war, you've gotta believe in what you're fighting for.
patriotic flags wave
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
husband sleep night
I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part of causing us to stop helping the South Vietnamese. Now look what's happening. They're getting killed by the millions. Murdered by the millions. How the hell can she and her husband sleep at night?
art hate mistake
Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that the Old West has will never die. And as long as people want to pay money to see me act, I'll keep on making westerns until the day I die.