Ultimate Behind-the-Scene Look At Steve McQueen, King Of Cool

Was Steve McQueen Paranoid?

Steve McQueen experience abuse, loss and unrequited affection from his family as he was growing up, which likely set him on the path toward a lifetime of insecurity, anger-issues, and an unresolved attachment disorder. He was paranoid that it would all fall apart, and that there would be nothing he could do. Darwin Porter claims: “He never got over his childhood scars. Above all he wanted to be perceived as a macho man’s man.”

So, he treated everyone badly. He burned bridges, and he even made poor business decisions, sometimes based on egotistical non-issues.