I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.
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.
Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.
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.
On what he thinks are the most important lessons that one should strive to live by in Aikido: "Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with intregrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings."
On his feelings regarding past movies: "Hollywood is a mercurial place where people are sort of (in the film business) a victim of their environment and how the environment changes. Movies that would be timely now, ten years from now would be pass? and nobody would be interested in the subjects. All the movies that I have done I have not been in control of. Sometimes there is a contractual situation where you go to the studio and they kind of tell you which ones they want you to do. Be that as it may I have also been lucky in the sense that I have been able to make environmentally conscientious movies as well as politically conscientious movies. ABOVE THE LAW was a politically conscientious movie. ON DEADLY GROUND was environmentally conscientious so I want to keep making movies like that which are more geared with a certain entertainment value but also bring people forward into contemplation."
On Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: "I've never met her, but my impression of her is that she's very straight, sincere, honest, really talented president, and I hope she gets re-elected."
On actors who become political leaders: "Reagan was a pretty good one, but I think it really depends on the situation."
The secret is not to act, but to be.
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.
Is the first foreigner ever to own and operate an Aikido dojo in Japan. Known as "Master Take Shigemichi", he was the chief instructor at the Aikido Tenshin Dojo in the city of Osaka.
Has been married 3 times
Has three children with Kelly LeBrock: Annaliza, Dominick, and Arissa.
Is an Aikido-master - 7th Dan.
Father of Kentaro Seagal and Ayako Fujitani.
Seagal's love of guitar and appreciation of rasta music led him to study with teacher in Jamaica, where he owns a vacation home.
His Santa Inez home includes 200 acres planted with cabernet grapes, which is then sold to wineries.
Master in Japanese Kendo
Has been a bodyguard
Broke Sean Connery's wrist when he was teaching him martial arts during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983).
His first seven films were all starring roles, ending with "Executive Decision" (1996).
Is good friends with Jackie Chan.
Is a singer and guitarist. In 2005, he released an album titled "Songs from the Crystal Cave".
Has worked with Street Fighter Ryu and Ken actors Damian Chapa and Byron Mann in two of his films as his team mates. He worked with Damian Chapa (Ken) in Under Siege (1992) in which Chapa is a fellow sailor, and worked with Byron Mann (Ryu) in Belly Of The Beast (2003), in which Mann's character is his friend and partner.
Owns a very large and impressive collection of Guitars and Samuari Swords.
While his acting in Above the Law (1988) gained praise from the likes of Roger Ebert, Seagal has repeatedly faced criticism from both critics and fans who accuse him of playing the same character in many of his movies, as well as displaying a lack of emotional range. In fact, some people refer to embracing typecasting as "Seagalism."
The February 17, 1989 draft of the screenplay for Hard to Kill (1990) credits Steven Pressfield & Ronald Shusett & Steven Seagal as writers. Pressfield & Shusett are not credited in the final film and Seagal only received an acting credit.
Speaks Japanese fluently
All of his main leading role movies have been a rated "R" except for Half Past Dead (2002) which was the only Seagal film to be a "PG13".
Since Jackie Chan and Seagal are friends, Steven was offered the main villain for Rush Hour 3 (2007) but turned it down.
Used to own a production company with Julius R. Nasso called Seagal/Nasso Production that ran from 1994-2000.
As of 2006, Seagal's movies have earned $600 million worldwide.
Discovered by then-head of Creative Artists Ageny (CAA), Michael Ovitz, who was one of Seagal's martial arts students.
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