Steve McQueen Quotes

Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting.

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

Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing people out there having a good time on motorcycles. It makes me take another look.

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

I believe in me. I'm a little screwed up, but I'm beautiful.

When I believe in something, I fight like hell for it.

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

I hope you find what you're looking for.

The Navajos have a saying they live by: 'A land where there is time enough and room enough.' I want that, too.

Everyone deserves not just to survive, but to live.

I live for myself and answer to nobody

I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.

Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you break.

If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.

People try to contain things by putting them into categories. I don't.

I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.

Acting is like racing, you need the same concentration. You have to reach inside you and bring forth a lot of broken glass. That's painful.

Nobody trusts anyone, or why did they put tilt on a pinball machine.

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

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

When a horse learns to buy martinis, I'll learn to like horses.

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

I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.

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

Stardom equals freedom. It's the only equation that matters.

When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.

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.

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

I always feel I'm an amateur. I don't most of the time know what I'm doing.

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 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 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.

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

I deal with certain things in my work because of who I am. I make work in order to make people think.

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.

The person is being confrontational.

As far as art and filmmaking is concerned, I don't see there's any separation; it's just one continuous thing.

Danny: I’m a bit jealous, Sheila.Sheila: Are you, my dear? What on earth for?Danny: Well, because you’ve really lived, Sheila.Sheila: Of course I have, Daniel. What else is life for?