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Steve McQueen Quotes

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.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980

Topics

Life Great Thinking My Life Escape

The B Team can catalyse initiatives.

Team Initiatives

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.

Good Job People Believe Doing

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

Go Build First Instinct Then

Back when you were doing plays like 'The Miracle Worker,' you had 20, 25 people in the cast. When you go to make the film, that's not such a stretch. But when you're doing plays like 'Proof,' it's just five people or something in the thing, and it gets to be a really difficult re-conception.

John Patrick Shanley

People Doing You Back Go Difficult

When I was little, acting opportunities were always proposed to me as 'a favour.'

Me Opportunities Acting Always Were

My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world?

New York People World You New Want

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.

Mickey Spillane

Father Mother Me Always Names Got

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

Fearless You Person Call Type

After 'Click, Clack, Moo' was published, I was still practicing law and had no plans to make a career change.

Change Law Career Plans Practicing

I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare.

Health Support People Care Friends

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

Chance I Can Know Crowd Get Front

I don't want to knock photography, and I don't feel that film is up there but photography isn't. I think they're next to each other really, you know. There's an incredible strength to a still picture. Or there can be an incredible strength to a still picture that can outlive you. That can outlive a film.

Strength Think Picture Photography

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