Hollywood Hard Men In Their Own Words. This app provides you with a bounty of quotes, insights and comebacks from Hollywood's finest original tough guys.

Many actors may be able to talk the talk – but can they really walk the walk?

Here are the actors who can mix it with the best of them, off-screen as well as on. These are the Hollywood hardmen who blazed the trail, paved the way for those to follow and lived up to the name of "Tough Guy".

The quotes in this app are their own personal philosophies, not just words taken from movie scripts that they appeared in. This app provides us with a doorway into their true mindset.

Selected hard men to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in this app are Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Bruce Lee, Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson.

Steve McQueen
The ultimate anti-hero. With McQueen what you saw was what you got. His father abandoned him and his alcoholic mother when he was a baby, he struggled with dyslexia in school and was partially deaf. McQueen fell in with a street gang, ran away from home at 14 and joined the circus.Later he worked in a brothel, on an oil rig and even as a lumberjack. He raced cars and motorcycles. As a Marine, he saved the lives of five other Marines on an arctic mission. McQueen eventually moved on to acting and brought home extra cash by competing in motorcycle races at weekends. His big break came in 1958. The rest is tough guy history.

"I live for myself and I answer to nobody."

John Wayne
"The Duke" stood taller than mere facts could ever allow. He had all the confidence of a national symbol, rugged determination and a devotion to truth and justice. Wayne's on-screen persona was the living, breathing, embodiment of everything that a man should be. Ride hard, drink hard, and drop a woman in her tracks with the tip of a ten-gallon hat. That was the way of John Wayne. A fully-fledged folk hero, a man who was tough, fair and larger-than-life, off screen as well as on.

"I never trust a man that doesn't drink."
"God-damn, I'm the stuff that men are made of."

Charles Bronson
Bronson came to acting in his thirties, originally working in the Pennsylvania coal mines in the 1930s and then serving in World War II. He is a great example of the no-nonsense tough guy: no fancy stuff and not a single wisecrack - a stare was all it took to let you know he was serious. Bronson looked as if he'd been chiseled out of a mountain and then had his whole life etched into his face with a screwdriver. He wasn't afraid to go over the top with violence in his movies, but always exhibited a sense of decency and righteousness, balancing compassion with a cold-blooded stare.

Clint Eastwood
The Man With No Name, with that menacing squint, a cigar-stub clenched between his teeth, stetson pulled low, and ever-ready to flip back that poncho and fire up that six-shooter. One of the ultimate icons of tough guy movie roles, Eastwood's way-out-west rugged charm underpins a diverse career that spans over six decades, from television and blockbuster movies, to writing film scores, and winning Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood has established himself as one of the most respected actors and directors of his time.

Bruce Lee
Bruce Jun Fan Lee was born in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the hour of the Dragon and in the year of the Dragon: a powerful symbol in Chinese astrology. It would be a strong omen of the energy-infused life that was to be lived by Bruce Lee and the explosive impact his life would have on countless others.

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