Wayne learned to handle a gun as a boy by shooting rattlesnakes while his father plowed the land. He often woke up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night with nightmares of "slithering, disembodied snake headscoming at him." He was turned down when he tried to get into the US Naval acadamy. Wayne created his tough-guy image to help his career. He said,"When I started, I knew I was no actor and I went to work on this Wayne thing. It was as deliberate a projection as you'll ever see. I figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed upthe drawl, the squint, and a way of moving to suggest that i wasn't looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror." His body was buried in an unmarked grave to prevent fans from mobbing the gravesite. four fresh "decoy" graves were also dug to prevent anyone from positively identifying the real one. I copied this from the Bathroom Reader.
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