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

John Wayne Quotes

A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

— John Wayne

Inspirational for Men Famous Movie Principles And Laws

I don’t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.

— John Wayne

There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.

— John Wayne

Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.

— John Wayne

We built your fort. We will not have it used against us.

— John Wayne

The only thing they can get me for is running a funeral parlor without a license.

— 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

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.

— John Wayne

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

— John Wayne

COWBOYS, just like the word says.

— John Wayne

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.

— John Wayne

Any man who’d make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it.

— John Wayne

Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.

— John Wayne

This kind of war, you’ve gotta believe in what you’re fighting for.

— John Wayne

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

— John Wayne

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

— John Wayne

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

— John Wayne

Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

— John Wayne

Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don’t trust ambiguity. John Wayne.

— John Wayne

Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog!

— John Wayne

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