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. John Wayne bigconsequencefeller share on social
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 accustomcallduke share on social
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. John Wayne briefendfather share on social
I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am. John Wayne attributecallsell Change image and share on social
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. John Wayne communisthappenleave share on social
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?' John Wayne blackhellwhite Change image and share on social
