John Wayne

My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.

John Wayne

My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.

John Wayne

My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I’ll stick one in.

John Wayne

Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.

John Wayne

Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.

John Wayne

Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.

John Wayne

One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.

John Wayne

Out here, due process is a bullet.

John Wayne

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.

John Wayne

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

John Wayne