Steve McQueen
When I believe in something, I fight like hell for it.
If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.
I live for myself and I answer to nobody.
An actor is a puppet, manipulated by a dozen other people. Auto racing has dignity. But you need the same absolute concentration.
You have to reach inside yourself and bring forth a lot of broken glass.
I don't know why it (stardom) happened--but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.
Stardom equals financial success, and financial success equals security. I've spent too much of my life feeling insecure.
I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.
Nobody trusts anyone, or why did they put tilt on a pinball machine.
I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I was real uncomfortable, real uncomfortable.
I just want the pine trees and my kids and the green grass. I want to get rich and fat and watch my children grow.
People in Hollywood will hem and haw playin' all kinds of cute little games, and then you'll finally realize they want something from you. And eventually you'll have to ask, "You want something from me, don't you?"
When I believe in something, I fight like hell for it.
If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.
I live for myself and I answer to nobody.
An actor is a puppet, manipulated by a dozen other people. Auto racing has dignity. But you need the same absolute concentration.
You have to reach inside yourself and bring forth a lot of broken glass.
I don't know why it (stardom) happened--but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.
Stardom equals financial success, and financial success equals security. I've spent too much of my life feeling insecure.
I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.
Nobody trusts anyone, or why did they put tilt on a pinball machine.
I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I was real uncomfortable, real uncomfortable.
I just want the pine trees and my kids and the green grass. I want to get rich and fat and watch my children grow.
People in Hollywood will hem and haw playin' all kinds of cute little games, and then you'll finally realize they want something from you. And eventually you'll have to ask, "You want something from me, don't you?"
