“When I did 'The Great Escape,' I kept thinking, 'If they were making a...” — Steve McQueen Quote

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.'

I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good.

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.

I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

Great love, like great genius, can never be a duty: both are life's gracious gifts to its elect.

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Great music is great music. It doesn't matter what genre it belongs.