In this long-lost interview, Steve McQueen talks "Le Mans", "Bullitt", and Gulf blue | Hagerty Media

[Hagerty]

For nearly four decades, Steve McQueen's 1980 talk with student reporter Richard Kraus has been considered to be the great actor's final, and most charming, interview. The brief chat, which occurred on the set of The Hunter, McQueen's final film, reveals a man who is already coming to grips with the impact and weight of his legacy as both an actor and a man of action in his own right.
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[Ditch]

You got until the very end.. you guys are kinda mean.
Well done.

[JeffWeimer]

Well played.

[FloridaMarty]

I liked Steve McQueen better before reading this interview, what an ass!

[flynfink]

you do know what day it is , right??

[Geoffj60]

Steve didn't believe in waiting on people's approval to live his life his way without any apologies(sorry)lol

[Bartman442]

A book, even fictitious, is not "entitled", it is titled.

[Jack_Hagerty]

Guilty as charged!

[DaveA]

Ha! Here I was thinking “man, that Steve McQueen was a real jerk.”

Well played, Hagerty.

[FatBabyDriver]

Getting an interview with Steve McQueen must be a real Catch-22.

[Jack_Hagerty]

Well, you know, the interview was originally supposed to be undertaken by R.O. Shipman.

[DaveB]

wow
umm a bit gruff?

[drhino]

Interesting playing him as a jerk that really doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Especially as revered as he is.

[CJinSD]

Other than saying that Le Mans was organized by Fee-ah instead of Ack-oh, what else didn't "Steve" know what he was talking about?

[Tinkerah]

I was beginning to worry about his obsession with urinal cakes.

[Tsaxman]

Well, played, Baruth. You scurrilous bastid.

[win59]

What is the old saying about "...meeting your heroes.."?!

Nice one Jack!! LOL!

[b_l_newman]

I got all the way to toilet cakes. Damn you guys.

[Swamibob]

Love it! Happy April Fool's day!

[Driver79]

I got about 4 paragraphs of McQueen's responses into this before clearly realizing that it was an April Fool's "joke." While other commenters have disagreed, I, personally, found it neither clever nor amusing. Frankly, I find it in bad taste - disrespectful of McQueen's memory and legacy.

[Al]

Jack didn't write one negative word about EV's? It must be April 1st

[tommykat1]

Sounds like McQueen was having a bad day and took it out on the poor interviewer, who got the interview of a lifetime--if you can call it that. He didn't even have to ask a question to elicit multiple jaw-dropping responses!

[JackBurton]

That was so good, Jack. You had me until I got to "urinal cake"! So good.

[Hagerty Fan]

Saw Le Mans at the the FOX downtown at age ten. Hearing the audio of the 917K at full song was a heart stopping experience for my young head at that time. The acoustics at the old FOX theater were years ahead of it's time. I guess they had to be, built in the 20s before the talkies, used to have an orchestra pit. Filled it with seats when the talkies arrived. Beautiful theater. Where I fell in love with the 917K. Beautiful machine.

[DUB6]

Joke interview or no joke interview, he was in some of my favorite movies - LeMans being one of the best, and Tom Horn being another - so I'm gonna be a fan even if it was serious and he was being a jerk.  The guy sure lived by his own rules.

PS - it wasn't facetious to comment about the hubcaps in Bullitt...it was the gospel truth!

😋

[Geoffj60]

Steve did things his way without any outside influences but his own.
I love all his movies especially Bullit!