Steven Seagal's Quotes

I was a very religious kid. I was raised as an Episcopalian.

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.

I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.

I would only ever be involved in a reality show that was about real life and had lots of action.

I've been a musician since childhood, and music is my first love. I love it.

I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.

My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.

Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.

For me, if God blessed me with that one great hit, I'm satisfied. But I've still got a lot in me, and I'd still like to get out there and tell a lot more stories cinematically. And God willing, I'll get the chance to do that.

Most of the kids that I meet in the street are serious hardened criminals that I meet in the street, never had a mother and a father to love them, to protect them, to teach them right from wrong and lead them out of crime and gangs and stuff like that.

You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.