Steven Seagal

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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 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 love getting out on the streets and helping people.”

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

“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.”

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

“I love music. I love filmmaking. I love law enforcement. I love doing a lot of the green work that I do, the charity work that I do, and I don't think that any one person has to be just one thing.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”