Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Terence Steven "Steve" McQueenwas an American actor. Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona, developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, and Papillon, as well as the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth24 March 1930
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good.
When I did 'The Great Escape,' I kept thinking, 'If they were making a movie of my life, that's what they'd call it - the great escape.'
I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.
We can't do it every year because we don't want to overlap with other fire departments in Niagara Falls and throughout the Region.
We started a couple of weeks ago, but it will take a few months to put it all together. It's just people volunteering from work. Everybody is helping out.
I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.
I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.
Often the best way to relax is just to go back to work.
The best thing about making films is the time spent making them. When I see works that I've made, I always think what a great time I had making them. The films remind me of that time.
I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen. It is when you put people in a straitjacket that it doesn't seem to translate very well at all. The individuals I work with are usually people I know.
I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people into a situation where they're sensitive to themselves watching the piece.
There is no right or wrong angle for something. The idea of putting the camera in an unfamiliar position is simply to do with film language. Sometimes it is spectacular, sometimes it is ugly, sometimes it is uninteresting.
The Navajos have a saying they live by: 'A land where there is time enough and room enough.' I want that, too.
When I walk out into the street or go to the toilet, I don't think of myself as being black. Of course, other people think of me as black when I walk into a pub. Obviously being black is a part of me.