My mum once told me‘ I’ m going to tell you a story you never know …’
Steve begins the interview by going through all of the movies he’ s ever worked on- including Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark with George Lucas- where his pet monkey co-starred. His first studio cost him 28K even though the asking price was 47K. Why? Because he’ s a nice fucking person and when the sales guy told Steve that his brother wanted to get into Design, he offered to take him in- a complete stranger- and showed him which direction to go. When he finally got the building he was bursting, even though he had fuck all money to buy it. When he came up with the money he was ready to restore the fucker, no roof and no floors...
‘ When are you going to be in your new building Steve?’ people asked him.‘ Six months‘ he kept saying.
Every night after working in a studio above a Bethnal Green cinema he would get his saw and his overalls and start sawing.
‘ It took me two fucking years to finish!!!’
Not long after that he started kicking ass Cartier, Dior, Skanska … all of the best brands wanted a piece of him. So when it came time to find an assistant, instead of going with some brat with high qualifications, he went with a young girl with an outstanding piece of design who had failed every single class.
My mum once told me‘ I’ m going to tell you a story you never know …’
When Steve’ s mother was a young girl, tragically her parents perished in the Great Fire of London. Left with nowhere to go and nothing to do, she was taken in by Robert Lamm. She was a complete stranger but he took her in gave her the opportunity of a lifetime.
And that’ s why he always says,‘ What goes around comes around’, bitches.