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I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I was real uncomfortable, real uncomfortable.

Steve McQueen

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Steve McQueen
Age: 50 †
Born: 1930
Born: March 24
Died: 1980
Died: November 7
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