Steven Frederic Seagal (/sɪˈɡɑːl/; born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, director, martial artist, and musician who holds American, Russian, and Serbian citizenship.
Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.
I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.
My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.
Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.
To a police officer, a sawed off shotgun is the ultimate nightmare. You can blow someone in half!
I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!
I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.
I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
I love getting out on the streets and helping people.
Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.
I think we're living in a world where society is very difficult.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it. '
I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.
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.
I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.
I'm very into the military and police stuff. Gear and technical gear is something that's changing every day and every day you're trying to be on the cutting edge and improve your stuff more and more because your life depends on it. And so, the guns and the gears are changing constantly.
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.