Actor Quotes by Steve McQueen

Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to.

— Steve McQueen

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

— Steve McQueen

The camera movement should be like a cat jumping onto a table - with just enough amount of effort and that's it. That's enough.

— Steve McQueen

You see, I don't believe in that grabbin' and grabbin' and stuffin yourself and not givin' anythin' or puttin' it back.

— Steve McQueen

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 -…

— Steve McQueen

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…

— Steve McQueen

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

— Steve McQueen

I'm a filmmaker, so I always think: When is the breaking point? Sometimes you've got to go beyond the breaking point, and then you…

— Steve McQueen

The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.

— Steve McQueen

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont.

— Steve McQueen

Often the best way to relax is just to go back to work.

— Steve McQueen

Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be…but I'll be good.

— Steve McQueen

I can't work in an environment where it's a stiff hierarchy; that's not my kind of way.

— Steve McQueen

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

— Steve McQueen

One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure.

— Steve McQueen