John Ford Quotes

I had never thought of making a western even as I was making it.

I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like 'em.

I am not a fan of westerns particularly.

I loved Westerns for different reasons as an adult. It is not only our only native brand of storytelling - the only one that's not influenced by Europeans and not something that's done better by the French - but I also love the sensuality of the Western. The sights, sounds, and smell of a Western are very exciting.

You don't get to make Westerns every day.

The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.

Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.

I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned.

I would love to do a Western again if Westerns came back into fashion.

I like the Western genre, I think it's uniquely American.

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it.

I love Westerns!

I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I love working on them.

I love Westerns. They're a unique creation of American mythology.

I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff.

The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.

I want 'Dawn' to play like a cowboys and Indians movie.

If I could just make Westerns for the rest of my life, that's all I would do. It's my favorite movie to make. There's something about being a cowboy.

I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot.

What Westerns did was to take a world and mythologise it.

Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that the Old West has will never die. And as long as people want to pay money to see me act, I'll keep on making westerns until the day I die.

When I was a young kid, almost every other show on television was a Western. And some of them were part of my childhood, I loved them. Like, Rifle Man, I absolutely adored. So, I think everything comes in a cycle.

I've always wanted to do a Western.

I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was.