Steve McQueen: In His Own Words

About this book

The star of some of the most beloved films of Hollywoods golden ageincluding Bullitt The Great Escape and The Magnificent SevenSteve McQueens unflappably roguish persona earned him the nickname The King of Cool and the highest salary of any movie star of his time. Marshall Terrills new book draws on more than five decades of media coverage memorabilia and research to serve up a slew of quotations straight from the mouth of the man himself. Steve McQueen in His Own Words lets us hear directly from this iconoclastic actor through a wide array of sources: interviews published articles personal letters and audiotapes providing an intimate view of McQueen as an actor filmmaker racer pilot husband and family man. Accompanying the hundreds of quotes are an equally impressive number of photos illustrations personal documents and memorabilia many of which are published here for the first time. Steve McQueen in His Own Words paints a portrait of a complex contradictory man who managed to become one of the greatest icons in cinema history while never sacrificing the passions and beliefs that drove him.