{"id":4494,"date":"2019-07-22T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:05:56","slug":"steve-mcqueens-formula-for-a-happy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/steve-mcqueens-formula-for-a-happy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve McQueen&#8217;s Formula for a Happy and Satisfying Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Few know the real story behind the Steve McQueen formula for a happy and satisfying life.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-4538\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-blog-852x1024.jpg\" alt=\"McQueen formula for happiness\" class=\"wp-image-4538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-blog-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-blog-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-blog-768x923.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Steve McQueen made a life-changing commitment to find satisfaction and peace of mind<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>McQueen had everything the American dream sells . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fame<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sex<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But, behind the persona of cool macho and sexual trysts lay a wandering soul looking for peace, life and satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-Bullitt-blog-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"work and faith formula\" class=\"wp-image-4516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-Bullitt-blog-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-Bullitt-blog.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The blond blue-eyed actor rose to Hollywood fame from ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He never knew his alcoholic father, and his alcoholic mother abandoned him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet he became the biggest movie star in the 60&#8217;s and 70&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s terms, he was George Clooney and Brad Pitt rolled into one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife, Judy,<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"> and I watched&nbsp;<em>Bullitt&nbsp;<\/em>(1968) recently, and the car chase is the best ever.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The speed reminded me of McQueen and the American dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somebody once remarked, \u201cEvery man wants to be like him, and every woman wants to be with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-steve-mcqueen-on-empty\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Steve McQueen on empty<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the peak of his success, McQueen quipped, \u201cI believe in me.&nbsp; God will be number one as long as I\u2019m number one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actor had taken advantage of everyone in Hollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He paid dearly&nbsp;during the filming of&nbsp;<em>Le Mans<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve lost his . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>wife<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>agent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>production company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and most of his fortune<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;When you make choices, the choices make you.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\u2014 Greg Laurie, <em>Steve McQueen:The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three unlikely encounters turned McQueen&#8217;s life around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-unlikely-encounter-1\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Unlikely Encounter<\/mark><\/strong><\/span> #1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve ignited his comeback with <em>The Getaway <\/em>in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A steamy romance with Ali McGraw led to his second marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Ali-MacGr-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"Steve McQueen happy life\" class=\"wp-image-4505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Ali-MacGr.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Ali-MacGr-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Ali-MacGr-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Steve with Ali MacGraw at the filming of Papillon in Jamaica\/Steve Schapiro\/Getty Images<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then <em>Papillon<\/em> (1973) led to the first crack in Steve\u2019s armor against faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most sought-after stuntman in Hollywood, Stan Barrett, was Steve\u2019s double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stan told Steve that racing legend J.N. Roberts had openly declared his <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/grab-3-superior-gifts-will-make-wealthier\/\">Christian faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI tried to explain the transformation in Robert\u2019s life and I said to Steve, \u2018This is a new, remarkable and dramatic experience in J.N.\u2019s life, and he\u2019s pretty excited about it.\u201d<br>\u2014 Stan Barrett in <em>Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve\u2019s response was muted but open because of his respect for Stan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But McQueen was riding too hot and too fast to think about God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He turned down the role of Sundance in <em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em> because he wanted billing over Newman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He turned down roles in <em>One Flew over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/em>, <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/em>, <em>Superman,<\/em> and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs long as you are proud you cannot know God.&nbsp; A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.\u201d&nbsp;<br>\u2014 C.S. Lewis, <em>Mere Christianity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-unlikely-encounter-2\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Unlikely Encounter<\/mark><\/strong><\/span> #2<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mel_Novak_gameofdeath-blog-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mel Novak faith formula\" class=\"wp-image-4518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mel_Novak_gameofdeath-blog-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mel_Novak_gameofdeath-blog-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mel_Novak_gameofdeath-blog-811x1024.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Steve ran into stuntman Mel Novak and directors Steven Spielberg and John Milius at a trap shooting event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve offered Mel a part in one of his last movies, <em>Tom Horn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mel is an actor, martial artist, and an ordained minister who Steve admired and enjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his new book about McQueen, Greg Laurie describes Mel this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMel has appeared in over forty movies and always does his own fighting and stunts, even at age seventy four.&nbsp; He dueled Yul Brynner in <em>The Ultimate Warrior<\/em>, duked it out with Chuck Norris in <em>Eye for an Eye<\/em>, shot and killed Bruce Lee in <em>Game of Death<\/em>.\u201d&nbsp;<br>\u2014 <em>Steve McQueen:The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mel survived cancer, ten throat surgeries, and a severely damaged leg to carry on his movie career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s strong today at 85 with his Christian ministry to prisoners and folks on skid row.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-4514\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"763\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Mel-Novak-in-Tom-Horn.jpg\" alt=\"Faith formula and friends\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Mel-Novak-in-Tom-Horn.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Mel-Novak-in-Tom-Horn-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Steve-McQueen-and-Mel-Novak-in-Tom-Horn-768x610.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Steve and Mel in Tom Horn just weeks before Steve was diagnosed with cancer<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mel talks about the time he first shared his faith with Steve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was married to Ali McGraw.&nbsp; I shared my walk with Jesus Christ and he didn\u2019t mock me like some do.\u201d&nbsp;<br>\u2014 <em>Steve McQueen:The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-unlikely-encounter-3\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Unlikely Encounter<\/mark><\/span> #3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1979, Steve asked flying legend Sammy Mason for lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy spent more than forty years in the air doing stunts and testing the latest equipment for Lockheed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve didn\u2019t expect a remarkable testimony of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/ok-time-is-short-how-to-use-it-for-the-most-satisfying-life\/\">faith<\/a> in God from Sammy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u201cSammy and me would fly, and he\u2019d tell me about the Lord,\u201d McQueen later told a friend.&nbsp; \u201cFlying and the Lord . . . I learned about the Bible. I\u2019d listen and fly.&nbsp; It made sense.\u201d\u2019&nbsp;<br>\u2014 <em>Steve McQueen:The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy invited Steve and his wife, Barbara Minty, to the Ventura Missionary Church.<br><br>\u201cThe McQueens sat in the balcony of the church with Sammy and Wanda Mason almost every Sunday\u2026Steve brought along his son Chad whenever he visited.\u201d<br>\u2014 <em>Steve McQueen:The Salvation of an American Icon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-a-departing-message-from-steve-mcqueen\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">A departing message from Steve McQueen<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Teena Valentino, his med tech,&nbsp;has cassette recordings Steve made in his final days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026the Lord Jesus Christ is there for us.\u00a0 All we need is faith and the ability to reach out and accept His love, \u2018<strong>cause He is there for us\u2026Jesus Christ, our Savior. 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