Steve McQueen movie quotes

43 quotes from 4 movies

The Magnificent Seven (1960) as Vin

View Quote Reminds me of that fella back home who fell off a ten-story building. As he was falling, people on each floor kept hearing him say, "So far, so good." Heh, so far, so good.

View Quote Fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question, why? He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time.

View Quote I took a job in a grocery store. Fella says I'll make a crackerjack clerk. Crackerjack.

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Bullitt (1968) as Frank Bullitt

View Quote [to Chalmers] You believe what you want. Look, you work your side of the street, and I'll work mine.

View Quote Look, Chalmers, let's understand each other... I don't like you.

View Quote Why don't you just relax and have your orange juice and shut up, Delgetti?

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The Getaway (1972) as Carter 'Doc' McCoy

View Quote Carter 'Doc' McCoy: [after arriving at the rendezvous] Where's Jackson?
Rudy Butler: He didn't make it. Neither did you. [pulls his gun]
[Doc shoots Rudy]

View Quote Rudy Butler: That's a walk-in bank. You don't have to be Dillinger for this one.
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Dillinger got killed.
Rudy Butler: Not in a bank.

View Quote Carter 'Doc' McCoy: [referring to Carol scratching her leg] I told you to cut that out! This isn't a game!
Carol Ainsley McCoy: It's all a game!

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The Great Escape (1963) as Hilts

View Quote Bartlett: It's possible for one man to get out through the wire, even get away, but there are in fact a considerable number of people besides yourself in this camp who are trying to escape.
Hilts: I appreciate that. [pause] Something's coming. I can feel it, and it's coming right around the corner at me, Squadron Leader.

View Quote Hilts: Wait a minute. You aren't seriously suggesting that if I get through the wire... and case everything out there... and don't get picked up... to turn myself in and get thrown back in the cooler for a couple of months so you can get the information you need?
Bartlett: Yes.

View Quote Hilts: How many you taking out?
Bartlett: Two hundred and fifty.
Hilts: Two hundred and fifty?
Bartlett: Yeah.
Hilts: You're crazy. You oughta be locked up. You, too. Two hundred and fifty guys just walkin' down the road, just like that?

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