John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison, better known by his stage name John Wayne and the nickname Duke, was an American actor, director, and producer. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth26 May 1907
CountryUnited States of America
life tougher
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
movies
My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
consequences handle hard realize success sure totally truth unprepared
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.
bunch hardy jealousy
In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.
everybody feeling fellows realize school smarter ten uncle
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 that.
life-is more-time knocked-down
Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.
gone recognition judgment
If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business.