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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.

~John Wayne

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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.

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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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My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: May 26th, 1907

Died: June 11th, 1979

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