🍀 John Wayne said that the role of Sean Thornton, now considered one of his best, was difficult for him: "For nine weeks I was just playing straight man to those wonderful characters, and that's really hard." 🍀This is also Maureen O'Hara's favorite of her films! Watch THE QUIET MAN ('52) Sunday (3/16) at 3p ET on FETV! | FETV

Being quiet and sitting on your hands has never changed anything...... As am man I sleep good at night cause I live and speak in my truth...... We put it all on the line everyday to do these movies on this scale...... One of my rituals before getting put up in a harness or driving or running through explosions is to come to set early and PRAY!!!!!!! In success #Fast9 is under so much more pressure to do it and get it right...... See you it’s in #2020 | Tyrese Gibson

The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, and Ward Bond. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the same name by Maurice Walsh, later published as part of a collection titled The Green Rushes. The film features Winton Hoch's lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight. It was an official sel

118K views · 2.4K reactions | From the archives, here's Maureen O'Hara recalling how she cast in John Ford's THE QUIET MAN ('52). See Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne in this timeless romance tonight at 8pm ET on The Essentials! | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook