Latest Steve McQueen Quotes from Interviews

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• Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to.

  Steve McQueen

  Giving, Brain, Want

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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

  Steve McQueen

  Want, Helping, Nonsense

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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

  Steve McQueen

  Art, Separation, Filmmaking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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

  Steve McQueen

  Feels, Knows

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• The camera movement should be like a cat jumping onto a table - with just enough amount of effort and that's it. That's enough.

  Steve McQueen

  Cat, Jumping, Effort

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I think as an actor, you're more like a dancer, and you have to use your body. I don't understand all these questions about nudity. It's a nonsense. He's an actor, an artist, so get on with it.

  Steve McQueen

  Thinking, Artist, Dancer

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I have difficulty putting words in peoples' mouths. The best dialogue is very, very thin dialogue; you let people improvise and then basically you record what they've improvised and then write it down.

  Steve McQueen

  Writing, People, Records

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• People try to contain things by putting them into categories. I don't.

  Steve McQueen

  People, Trying, Categories

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

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

  Steve McQueen

  Thinking, Who I Am, Order

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• I don't like to put too much effort into things. I find that once you get involved with special effects it is no longer about what is happening in front of the camera and I really want to concentrate on what is happening in front of the camera, like the man apparently peeing on the surface of the screen.

  Steve McQueen

  Men, Effort, Special

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• When I walk out into the street or go to the toilet, I don't think of myself as being black. Of course, other people think of me as black when I walk into a pub. Obviously being black is a part of me.

  Steve McQueen

  Thinking, People, Black

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• There is no right or wrong angle for something. The idea of putting the camera in an unfamiliar position is simply to do with film language. Sometimes it is spectacular, sometimes it is ugly, sometimes it is uninteresting.

  Steve McQueen

  Ideas, Cameras, Ugly

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• I want people to do what they want to do because when they feel comfortable it seems to translate better on screen. It is when you put people in a straitjacket that it doesn't seem to translate very well at all. The individuals I work with are usually people I know.

  Steve McQueen

  People, Want, Individual

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

• 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.

  Steve McQueen

  Oxygen, Space, People

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk

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

  Steve McQueen

  Relax, Way, Back To Work

  Source: thesource.com

• 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.

  Steve McQueen

  Thinking, Film, Made

  Source: www.artmonthly.co.uk