Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onyeisi Ford amabeghi onye ọ ga-ahọpụta n'ọrụ onye isi. Agbanyeghị, ọ maara na ọ chọghị John Wayne maka akụkụ ahụ, na-eburu n'uche, n'etiti ihe ndị ọzọ, na Wayne ga-egwu onye karịrị afọ iri abụọ karịa ya n'oge ahụ. A kọrọ na ihe Wayne mere n'afọ 1948 n'ihe nkiri "Red River" gbanwere obi Ford, nke mere ka o kwuo, sị, "Amaghị m na nnukwu onye iberibe ahụ nwere ike ime ihe nkiri!" Ford ghọtara na Wayne etolitela nke ọma dịka onye na-eme ihe nkiri, ma nwee ike igwu egwu onye ọ tụlere maka ihe nkiri a. Mgbe agbapụchara, Ford nyere Wayne achicha nke e dere, "Ị bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri ugbu a". Ọrụ ahụ ghọkwara otu n'ime ọrụ Wayne kacha hụ n'anya. Wayne, n'onwe ya, chere na nhọpụta Academy Award ya maka Best Actor nke
1949 kwesịrị ịbụ maka "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" kama ịbụ "Sands of Iwo Jima".