American - Actor | May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979
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
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I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
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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.
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Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.
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I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.
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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.
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I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
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I've loved reading all my life.
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My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
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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.
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Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.
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In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.
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