Quotes By Steven Seagal

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.

For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.

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

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.

You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you could say that I became an adviser to several CIA agents in the field and, through my friends in the CIA, met many powerful people and did special works and special favors.

I'm a hip-hop fan.

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 always hated being a child. I always felt like an adult trapped in a child's body.

I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.

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

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

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.'

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.

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

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

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.

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

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.

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 love getting out on the streets and helping people.

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

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.

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

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

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

I think we're living in a world where society is very difficult.

I have made a lot of mistakes.

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.