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2. modest bash and “Come as you are. Very casual” Moe Greenberg, “The Voice of Hollywood,” 12.12.66.
3. “Set decorators” Toffel, p. 153.
4. Additional information about the party and descriptions of the outfits of Eva Gabor, Polly Bergen, and Elke Sommer is from Joe Greenberg’s column, “The Voice of Hollywood,” Citizen-News and syndicated, 12.12.66.
5. “If the bomb” Quoted in both Toffel, p. 153, and Terrill, p. 140.
6. Lyndon Johnson compared to John Wayne Toffel, p. 160.
7. “Right here” Ibid.
8. “If he’d won” Wiley and Bona, p. 400.
9. “Perhaps if I had announced” McQueen, quoted by Sidney Skolsky in his column “Getting Intimate with—Steve McQueen,” syndicated the first week of 4.73.
10. “Lawyers sharpen up with law books” McQueen, quoted in the Citizen-News, no interviewer identified, “Steve McQueen Believes in Keeping Physically Fit,” 11.14.67.
11. “high as kites” Toffel, p. 164.
12. “He can sit” Neile McQueen, interviewed by Peer J. Oppenheimer, Family Weekly, 2.5.67, p. 282.
13. Additional background information on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid David Foster, AI.
14. “The original title” Richard Zanuck, Fox Legacy, broadcast 5.20.11.
15. “Paul was Steve’s” Tom Rothman, Fox Legacy, broadcast 5.20.11.
16. “Faye Dunaway gave Steve a tough time” Jewison, quoted in Terrill, p. 152. Attribution is not clear.
17. The FBI memo This document and others were found as part of the author’s access to Steve McQueen’s FBI file, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
18. Steve and Jewison, the beach scene A good, if unattributed, account of this appears in Spiegel, pp. 250–53.
19. “I received his approval” Relyea, p. 248.
20. “With all due respect” Relyea, p. 249.
21. “Jack Warner, the guy” Relyea, p. 248.
22. “After finishing our location work” Relyea, pp. 255–56.
23. “a mélange” Vaughn, p. 152.
24. “I figured I would let” Vaughn, p. 153.
25. “The chase” and “Our goal” Relyea, pp. 252–53.
26. “Boy, I love this business!” McQueen, quoted by Army Archerd, Variety, 4.23.68. Archerd later asked about the scene and inquired about using a dummy. He recorded McQueen’s answer in his column.
27. “this is gonna be a tough location, baby” Toffel, pp. 167, 312.
28. “Happy birthday, asshole!” Toffel, p. 174.
CHAPTER 11
1. “I feel very” McQueen, quoted by Liz Smith, Cosmopolitan, 12.72.
2. “gave me hope” Toffel, p. 181.
3. “I can’t honestly say” Jewison, quoted in Spiegel, p. 256. No further attribution given.
4. “an upscale” Source wishes to remain anonymous.
5. “Steve didn’t react” Relyea, pp. 260–61.
6. “This is career suicide” McQueen, quoted by Relyea, p. 261.
7. “He wanted to feel” Mark Rydell, Bridget Byrne, “Golden Memories,” W, 12.18–25.81.
CHAPTER 12
1. “Marriage is really difficult,” Nolan, pp. 141–42.
2. Details of Solar’s public sale Most of the details are from Variety, “McQueen’s Solar Prods. Going Public at $9 a Share,” 3.30.70.
3. Additional information on the Sebring race Articles that appeared in Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 3.22.70 and 3.31.70, discussing various aspects of the races.
4. “The foot hurt” McQueen, quoted in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 3.23.70.
5. “can’t breathe” and “half my life is over” Toffel, p. 208.
6. “Look, ah” Toffel, p. 219.
7. “Why did you do it” Toffel, p. 273.
8. “Sam Peckinpah, boy … He and I” McQueen, quoted by Joyce Haber in her syndicated column, Los Angeles Times, 6.29.71.
CHAPTER 13
1. “Look, I’m an actor” McQueen, quoted by Robert F. Jones, “On the Lam,” Sports Illustrated, 8.23.71.
2. “Brando’s movie” Ibid.
3. “The role is a natural one” and “He’s bad” Both from Joyce Haber’s syndicated column in the Los Angeles Times, 8.19.71.
4. “Just before the actual filming” MacGraw, pp. 15,16.
5. “I had a great sex life” Evans quoted in Biskind, p. 159.
6. “Evans evinced a peculiar mixture” Biskind, p. 146.
7. “Peter Bogdanovich and I” Walter Hill, quoted in Damien Love, “Blown Away: The Making of The Getaway,” Uncut, 11.12.05.
8. “get it” and “scrubbed away” Peckinpah, quoted in Weddle, p. 434.