Steve McQueen (Terence Steven McQueen) Quotes
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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Going to the Super Bowl is not the reward. It's playing really well and winning.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
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I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.
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My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
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Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.
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I've done two 'Hamlets,' two 'Lears,' three 'Midsummer Night's Dreams' - I've done most of these plays more than once, and every time I direct them, I learn things.
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All wars today tend to be netwars.
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You can write whatever you want about me in websites and newspapers, but no one really knows me. They get the idea that I'm a tough, heroic figure, but I'm a sensitive pussycat.
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I wouldn't want to play a character that knew everything and knew where to go. It is much more interesting playing a character that is vulnerable trying to be strong. It makes for better TV.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.
