Quotes By Steven Seagal

I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.

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.

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.

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

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.

I'm a hip-hop fan.

Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it.

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.

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

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.

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.