These Steve McQueen quotes really capture who he was and what he loved
Steve McQueen didn't care to be part of the Hollywood crowd. He spoke his mind and sometimes got into trouble, but that didn't stop him from telling people exactly how he felt. Hundreds of newspaper articles and interviews show McQueen freely talking about what he enjoyed, why he had a rift with television, his preference for movies over TV, why he thought Wanted: Dead or Alive was the best Western, and more.
Here are a few quotes that truly captured his personality and interests, from a 1959 North American Newspaper Alliance article.
On why he loved to race
"I like speed. That's why I'm a racing driver, when I get the time."
On staying out of the "Hollywood mix"
"I don't run with anybody. I stay home a lot with my wife, Neile, and we hardly ever go to night clubs."
On how he felt about Frank Sinatra
"A great natural actor, and a wonderful man."
On his acting
"I don't talk too good when I act, because I don't talk too good period."
On which actor he admires
"I like Walter Brennan because I think that here is a guy who really acts. He's not the way he appears on the screen at all."
On his Wanted: Dead or Alive character Josh Randall
"I think I'm really finding myself as a person and as an actor. And I think that the role of Josh Randall has taught me a lot."