About John Wayne: Marion Mitchell Morrison is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height.
Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.
I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
Get off your horse and drink your milk.
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for ...
I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.
I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.
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.
When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.
All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad ...
All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.
I'm not the sort to back away from a fight. I don't believe in shrinking from anything. It's not my speed; I'm a guy who meets adversities head on.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.
You're short on ears and long on mouth.
The worst part of it has been, I think, the adverse effect on family life. It kills off family conversation. And it’s harder to get your children to read books. I became a confirmed reader when I was growing up in Glendale. I’ve loved reading all...
I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
