Steven Seagal Net Worth

Steven Seagal's Quotes

• I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
• [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 integrity 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 . . . a victim of their environment and how the environment changes. Movies that would be timely now, ten years from now would be passé 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 (1988) was a politically conscientious movie. On Deadly Ground (1994) 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 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines] 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] [Ronald Reagan] was a pretty good one, but I think it really depends on the situation.

Interesting Facts about Steven Seagal

1. 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.
2. Has three children with Kelly LeBrock: Annaliza Seagal, Dominick Seagal, and Arissa Le Brock.
3. Has a 7th degree Master rank in Aikido. Seagal also hold black belts in Judo, Kendo, and Shito-Ryu karate (under Fumio Demura) and trained with the Machado brothers in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Dan Inosanto in Kali/Eskrima/Arnis.
4. Father of Kentaro Seagal and Ayako Fujitani.
5. His love of guitar and appreciation of rasta music led him to study with a teacher in Jamaica, where he owns a vacation home.
6. His Santa Inez (CA) home includes 200 acres planted with cabernet grapes, which are sold to wineries after harvesting.
7. Has been a bodyguard.
8. Broke Sean Connery's wrist when he was teaching him martial arts during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983).
9. His first seven films were all starring roles, ending with Executive Decision (1996).
10. Is a singer and guitarist.
11. Has worked with Damian Chapa and Byron Mann in two of his films as his teammates. He worked with Chapa in Under Siege (1992), in which Chapa is a fellow sailor, and with Mann in Belly of the Beast (2003), in which Mann's character is his friend and partner.
12. Owns a very large collection of guitars and samurai swords.
13. 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."
14. 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.
15. Speaks Japanese fluently.
16. All of his main leading role movies have been rated R except for Half Past Dead (2002) which was the only Seagal film to be PG-13.
17. He and Jackie Chan are friends and Chan offered him the role of the villain in Rush Hour 3 (2007), but Seagal turned it down.
18. Used to own a production company with Julius R. Nasso called Seagal/Nasso Productions from 1994-2000.
19. As of 2006, his movies have earned $600 million worldwide.
20. Discovered by then-head of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Michael Ovitz, who was one of Seagal's martial arts students.