John Wayne

I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.

John Wayne

I figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed up this drawl, the squint and a way of moving meant to suggest that I wasn’t looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror.

John Wayne

I haven’t had a fight since I was eleven. I only won that because she had an asthma attack.

John Wayne

I know those law books mean a lot to you, but not out here. Out here a man settles his own problems.

John Wayne

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.

John Wayne

I never killed a man I didn’t have to.

John Wayne

I never shot nobody I didnt have to.

John Wayne

I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.

John Wayne

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

John Wayne

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