Steve McQueen Quotes & Sayings

“I'm the kind of person who likes to create the environment and mindset - not because I do it deliberately, but because that's how I like to live - where, from catering to makeup to hair to wardrobe, electricians, camera department lighting, sound, you know, it's our movie; we're together, and we have that camaraderie and that closeness.”

“I learned that life is a long and difficult road, but you have to keep going, or you'll fall by the wayside.”

“I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.”

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

“I'm about challenging people. Like, properly challenging them and their assumptions.”

“I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing.”

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

“I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.”

“I'm not that interesting of a person.”

“My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does and how one interacts.”