Just how tough is Steven Seagal, really?

[Larus marinus]

DMX:
http://rapdirt.com/dmx-rips-old-slav...n-seagal/2528/

Sharon Stone:
http://web.archive.org/web/200302200...9/08/13/stone/

She also has a choice word or two for several of her celebrity compatriots. Gwyneth Paltrow, says Stone, is "very young and lives in rarefied air that's a little thin. It's like she's not getting quite enough oxygen." While Leonardo DiCaprio's acting genius, she maintains, is being eaten up by his fame. "It's such a hideous thing, what's happened to him," she says. "I can't think of anything worse." Steven Seagal? "An individual who isn't worth the ink it would take to write about him."

Julianna Margulies:
http://www.julianna-margulies.com/quotes/

On Steven Seagal, with whom she worked with on the movie Out for Justice (1991): "His trailer is around the corner from mine on the Warner Bros. lot, and I was walking by recently and he said, 'Margulies, come over here and show me some respect!' He's not someone I keep in touch with."

Alan Carr:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/...5875-21428603/

Then there was Steven Segal - what a d***.
He came on and said to me and JLC: "Are you two f***ing?" Backstage he was lying there with teabags on his eyes and a Japanese woman sucking his fingers to put his rings back on.
I usually deal with idiots by throwing mojitos over their heads.
I wish I'd done that.

Justin Lee Collins:
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/playe...--Part-3-.html

Watch it - he talks of Seagal's personal bottle-opening wench.


Seagal on SNL:
http://www.moviefill.com/Steven-Seag...arousal-21090/

From the book Live From New York:

David Spade:

Julia Sweeney: When we pitched our ideas for Seagal at our Monday meeting, he gave us some of his own sketch ideas. And some of his sketch ideas were so heinous, but so hilariously awful, it was like we were on Candid Camera.

[jkdbuck76]

Hey baby, I'm Hard to Kill, and your vagina is Under Siege. Your vajayjay is practically Marked for Death. I'm making an Executive Decision to put my Glimmer Man in your Dark Territory. The Foreigner is just Out of Reach of it now, but it'll be up in that Belly of the Beast so hard, there might be Exit Wounds. I'm putting The Patriot right Into the Sun until the Black Dawn, until my Machete is Half Past Dead. Oh yeah.

You must have a crush on Permalost, don't you? Go do some pushups or something.

[atomicpoet]

I think the truth is a lot more complicated than people give credit.

After watching the first season of Steven Seagal: Lawman, I've come to the conclusion that Seagal is a very sincere man. That's what makes him a douchebag.

Douchebags, by definition, are sincere individuals. It is sincerity that transforms a regular man into a douchebag. If someone has an elevated sense of importance, it's because they sincerely believe their douchery.

On his TV show, Seagal doesn't seem like such a bad guy. Afterall, he's putting himself through harms way by volunteering as a peach officer. He's a Buddhist who believes that everything should live in harmony. He encourages his fans to give money to various charities.

But then, we have to remember that his show is just an extension of how he views his life. Since he sincerely believes he's a good person, we're all seeing a pretty cool guy.

[Larus marinus]

He's a white man, rapidly approaching retirement age who tries to speak 'ghetto' when in the company of young black men because he thinks that it makes him sound cooler.

Even if that was all I could pull him up on, I'd still think he was a prat (c'mon, it sounds silly when white *teenagers* do it).

Srsly. Imagine your dad/granddad, depending on how old you are, talking like that (assuming that he's not from a place where folks routinely have that accent).

[atomicpoet]

He's a white man, rapidly approaching retirement age who tries to speak 'ghetto' when in the company of young black men because he thinks that it makes him sound cooler.

Even if that was all I could pull him up on, I'd still think he was a prat (c'mon, it sounds silly when white *teenagers* do it).

Srsly. Imagine your dad/granddad, depending on how old you are, talking like that (assuming that he's not from a place where folks routinely have that accent).

If you watch his show, though, he kind of sees himself as black. He has a blues band, for God's sake. I think he's sincere in thinking that he identifies himself more with black people than white people. So I don't think he's doing it to sound cool.

But damn it, still doesn't excuse him. He's white, rich, and famous. Everyone knows it. Maybe he should start talking like his actual self.

[hapkido_keith]

Maybe he should start talking like his actual self.

Ginormous douchebag IS his actual self.

[Larus marinus]

Ginormous douchebag IS his actual self.

Dunno about black people, but I sense that he identifies strongly with 80s/90s Marlon Brando...

YouTube - Rattlesnake

[Permalost]

He's a white man, rapidly approaching retirement age who tries to speak 'ghetto' when in the company of young black men because he thinks that it makes him sound cooler.

Yo dawg, you got beef wit me? I'll kaitenage yo ass to tha curb like we was on the yard, son!

[Turrry]

Atomic, they got you too huh? That first season there were two overwhelming things I noticed:

1. He reminds the viewers he has "studied martial arts his while life and therefore...(insert random insightful statement)" in EVERY episode
2. He refers to a fight with JCVD would be like him "squashing a bug."

[DARKHORSE06]

It depends on what "come at me" means. I'd be willing to bet SS wouldn't survive a single leg takedown. I related news SS is a big fat douche. For a laugh check out him "schooling" Anderson Silva before he fought Sonnen.

[atomicpoet]

Atomic, they got you too huh? That first season there were two overwhelming things I noticed:

1. He reminds the viewers he has "studied martial arts his while life and therefore...(insert random insightful statement)" in EVERY episode
2. He refers to a fight with JCVD would be like him "squashing a bug."

People think I'm defending Steven Seagal -- which I'm not. So, to clarify, I think Steven Seagal is a tremendous douche.

He has always a douche, and he'll continue to be a douche. I intended to offer further insight into his douchiness by pointing out it is his sincerity that makes him douchey.

To follow-up on your points:

1. This is his schtick. While Seagal is famous, it's not like he's an A-list star anymore -- so he has to keep reminding people why we got to give a damn about his show. A tremendous amount of people don't know who he is, so for him to get people to keep watching, he has to remind everyone, "Hey, I'm an amazing martial artist who's a movie star."
2. Yeah, well JCVD would say the same thing. If you've earned a 7th dan in Aikido and you're a movie star, why wouldn't you market yourself as an invincible badass? Besides, remember the context. His colleagues were smack talking.

Once again, I'm just explaining the exact reasons Seagal is a douche. To be consistently famous, you have to be douchey and believe your own press. In fact, what you're seeing with Steven Seagal is a mental illness known as Acquired situational narcissism and is known to particularly afflict celebrities:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciss...nal_narcissism

With that said, douchebags are quite entertaining. Why do you think people keep watching Jersey Shore?

[Larus marinus]

Yo dawg, you got beef wit me? I'll kaitenage yo ass to tha curb like we was on the yard, son!

It's Hammer Time already?

[Larus marinus]

Just saw this:

YouTube - Claudia Jordan on "Steven Seagal"

Big Poppa is a cad's cad.

[kelvis]

He's like the Elvis Presley of Aikido.

No he's not.

[Larus marinus]

No he's not.

Agreed. He's actually the Michael Jackson of Aikido.