People try to contain things by putting them into categories. I don't. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I'm about challenging people. Like, properly challenging them and their assumptions. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
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… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing people out there having a good time on… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I have difficulty putting words in peoples' mouths. The best dialogue is very, very thin dialogue; you let people improvise and then… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Film is important; it can be more than reportage or a novel - it creates images people have never seen before, never… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Politics will take care of itself. I'm interested in people who are involved in the situations that politicians create. Politics is taken… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I deal with certain things in my work because of who I am. I make work in order to make people think. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
When I walk out into the street or go to the toilet, I don't think of myself as being black. Of course,… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Audiences make their minds up about people they see on screen, just like they do in real life. That's what fascinates me… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen.… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You see, I don't believe in that grabbin' and grabbin' and stuffin yourself and not givin' anythin' or puttin' it back. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont. — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
