Quotes from Steve McQueen

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

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.

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

I hope you find what you're looking for.

Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting.

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

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 - the great escape.'

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

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

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

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

Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.

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'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good.

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

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

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

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