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9. “It was one” MacGraw, pp. 87–88, 92.
10. There was a ceiling David Foster, AI.
11. “If you ask me” McQueen, quoted by Joyce Haber in her syndicated column, Los Angeles Times, 9.14.71.
12. “I got a million dollars” Quoted in Spiegel, p. 333. No further attribution given.
13. “I was obsessed” MacGraw, p. 95.
14. “One night” MacGraw, p. 96.
15. “Steve and Sam” Hill, quoted in Damien Love, “The Making of The Getaway,” Uncut DVD, 11.12.05.
16. “McQueen’s playing it safe” Peckinpah, quoted in Damien Love, “The Making of The Getaway,” Uncut DVD, 11.12.05.
17. “He had to know” Foster, IA.
18. “Evans pushed them together” Frank Yablans, quoted in Biskind, p. 160.
19. “My wife was fucking another guy” Evans, quoted in Biskind, p. 162.
20. “Fuck you, Sam” Evans, quoted in Damien Love, “The Making of The Getaway,” Uncut DVD, 11.12.05.
21. “McQueen is fucking me” Evans, from The Kid Stays in the Picture, audio recording, New Millennium Audio, 2001.
22. “Ali was a saint” Sue Mengers, quoted in Sheila Weller, “Once in Love with Ali,” Vanity Fair, 3.20.10.
23. “She was the biggest” Weller, quoted by Frank Swertlow, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 1.3.84.
24. “It was very, very passionate” MacGraw, pp. 32–33. The quote has been slightly condensed without changing its meaning.
CHAPTER 14
1. “Me a legend?” McQueen, quoted by Liz Smith, “Steve McQueen, An Embarrassment of Paradoxes,” Cosmopolitan, 12.72.
2. “Give it to me straight” McQueen quoted in Spiegel, p. 346. Confirmed by David Foster, AI.
3. Polyp operation There are literally dozens of sources for this story; among the most detailed are Spiegel, p. 346, and Toffel, pp. 283–84.
4. “I made a film” Peckinpah, quoted in Weddle, p. 434.
5. “There’s a rare quality” McQueen, interviewed by Grover Lewis, Rolling Stone, 10.12.72.
6. “If you really want to learn” Peckinpah, interviewed by Grover Lewis, Rolling Stone, 10.12.72.
7. “I may be doing the film” McQueen, interviewed by Liz Smith, Cosmopolitan, 12.72.
8. Additional background regarding their life in Trancas Spiegel, p. 361.
9. “[Ali] works only with me” William Nolan, a biographer of Steve McQueen, quoted by Frank Swertlow, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 1.3.84.
10. Steve … threw the mailbox … into the Pacific Los Angeles Times, 2.10.76.
11. “I tried to raise him” McQueen, quoted by Robert F. Jones, “On the Lam,” Sports Illustrated, 8.23.71.
12. “He never wanted Ali to work” David Foster, AI.
13. “They lived a simple life” Foster, quoted in Sheila Weller, “Once in Love with Ali,” Vanity Fair, 3.20.10.
14. “we had a terrific fight” MacGraw, pp. 104–5.
15. “very cowboy-romantic,” Ali quoting Steve, “Love Lives,” Marie Claire, 7.77.
16. “Steve and Chad” Ali, quoted in Sheila Weller, “Once in Love with Ali,” Vanity Fair, 3.20.10.
17. “blocks and blocks” MacGraw, p. 111.
18. “In spite of the fact” MacGraw, p. 112.
19. “It didn’t make” Paul Newman, quoted in Variety, “Bit Player of 1956 Now Co-Equal with Paul Newman,” 3.20.74.
CHAPTER 15
1. “Ali MacGraw is a good wife” McQueen, quoted in Hadleigh, p. 126.
2. “much-needed office” McQueen, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, 9.14.76.
3. top ten most popular movie stars Poll conducted by Quigley Publications, reported by the Los Angeles Times, 12.8.75.
4. “I never even knew” MacGraw, p. 112–13.
5. “The early warning” MacGraw, p. 106.
6. Steve wanted dinner at six Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 11.9.77.
7. “a pathetic attempt to be civilized” Ali, quoted in “Love Lives,” Marie Claire, 7.77.
8. “somewhat stoned every day” Ibid.
9. “Baby … you have a great ass” Ali, quoting Steve, “Love Lives,” Marie Claire, 7.77.
10. “I did the sullen holdback” Ali, quoted in Sheila Weller, “Once in Love with Ali,” 3.20.10.
11. “He resisted” Ibid.
12. “he was sitting” MacGraw, p. 113.
13. Details of Steve’s conversation with Billy Friedkin Biskind, pp. 308–9.
14. Details of Terry’s eighteenth-birthday party Variety, 6.9.77.
15. “a study in” MacGraw, p. 115.
16. “Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw” Liz Smith’s syndicated column, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 11.4.77.