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" Everybody struggles to come up with stuff that no one has ever seen before. It's a fine line between trying to get creative and doing something that's new, fresh and different - yet, for me, something that's based in reality that would actually work in these situations. These are the keys to great fight scenes and action sequences. "

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" 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. "

Steven Seagal

Long

Life

" 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. "

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

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

Steven Seagal

Anything

Love

" I love getting out on the streets and helping people. "

" In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situation case by case and always pay close attention to the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it. "

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

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

" I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I love Russia. Some people love Africa, some people love Mexico, some people love purple, the color purple. I love Russia, and I'm not scared to say it. "

" The secret is not to act, but to be. "

Steven Seagal

Secret

Act

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

" 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. "

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

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

Steven Seagal

Trapped

Felt

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

" 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. "

Steven Seagal

American

Heard

" Believe it or not, there are some things that I have written that would be kind of a dream to make. Hopefully, I will get to finance them... There is something that I wrote called 'Demon's Flare' which would kind of be a dream come true. "

" 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. "

" 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. "