# Steven Seagal doesn't take himself too seriously... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862 "2010-11-25T11:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/1 "2010-11-25T11:02:04Z")
judging by his appearance in [this](http://mumbrella.com.au/steven-seagal-fronts-carlton-dry-contest-36491) new Aussie beer commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/2 "2010-11-25T11:43:51Z")
Weird. He’s all bloated (which is nothing new) and… orange. And his hair looks like plastic. And what’s with the “I am a tough guy” schtick? He’s like a walking summation of various parts of New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/3 "2010-11-25T13:08:18Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Weird. He’s all bloated (which is nothing new) and… orange. And his hair looks like plastic. And what’s with the “I am a tough guy” schtick? He’s like a walking summation of various parts of New Jersey. I, also, thought that his hair looked like one of those plastic wigs that kids used to have. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/4 "2010-11-25T13:32:33Z")
I know it’s not art but so does he. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/5 "2010-11-25T16:32:37Z")
And now he’s on the same page with everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/6 "2010-11-25T16:36:14Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Weird. He’s all bloated (which is nothing new) and… orange. And his hair looks like plastic. And what’s with the “I am a tough guy” schtick? He’s like a walking summation of various parts of New Jersey. I have no idea what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/7 "2010-11-25T16:48:04Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > And now he’s on the same page with everyone else. That’s what I wanted to say. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/8 "2010-11-25T17:31:20Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I, also, thought that his hair looked like one of those plastic wigs that kids used to have. I thought his entire _face_ looked like plastic. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/9 "2010-11-25T17:39:05Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > And now he’s on the same page with everyone else. Actually, he’s not. There’s no room for anyone else. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/10 "2010-11-25T22:34:33Z")
That looked like a strange CGI version of a fat guy pretending to be Seagal. He can’t be that fat now, can he? He just finished shooting 'Steven Seagal: Lawman", and he looks about 100 pounds heavier in that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/11 "2010-11-26T07:42:02Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > That looked like a strange CGI version of a fat guy pretending to be Seagal. Yeah - I saw it on TV the other day for the first time and it took me a good 10 seconds of deep consideration before I finally decided it was Seagal and not some strange parody for beer purposes. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/12 "2010-11-26T16:12:01Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > That looked like a strange CGI version of a fat guy pretending to be Seagal. > > He can’t be that fat now, can he? He just finished shooting 'Steven Seagal: Lawman", and he looks about 100 pounds heavier in that commercial. My guess is that they probably only use the best footage of him on Lawman. And even then he doesn’t look too good. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/13 "2010-11-26T18:23:27Z")
My apologies if Steven Seagal is reading this thread. Dopers are just cruel unthinking bastards. This isn’t what I intended. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/14 "2010-11-26T18:35:20Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Weird. He’s all bloated (which is nothing new) and… orange. And his hair looks like plastic. And what’s with the “I am a tough guy” schtick? He’s like a walking summation of various parts of New Jersey. For the first few seconds I thought it was a rip off of the Old Navy commercials with the mannequins. I don’t know if it was a joke or if the makeup/art department was really that terrible. BTW, a perfectly clean grill grate makes the grill look cold instead of hot. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/15 "2010-11-28T04:29:22Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > My apologies if Steven Seagal is reading this thread. Dopers are just cruel unthinking bastards. This isn’t what I intended. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/16 "2010-11-28T04:43:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I have no idea what that means. Well, it seems that there was a lab, somewhere in New Jersey that was studying steroid rage in Oompa Loompas and several of them escaped. Do a Google image search on ‘guido’ for the photographic evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/17 "2010-11-28T13:19:52Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > My guess is that they probably only use the best footage of him on Lawman. And even then he doesn’t look too good. I think he look equally heavy on the show, actually. Almost heavier, actually, since I think he wears a vest in the show. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > My apologies if Steven Seagal is reading this thread. Dopers are just cruel unthinking bastards. This isn’t what I intended. Took you 12,500 posts to discover this? Dude, just read the Celebrity Death Pool thread to learn more about us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/18 "2010-11-28T17:41:28Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Well, it seems that there was a lab, somewhere in New Jersey that was studying steroid rage in Oompa Loompas and several of them escaped. Do a Google image search on ‘guido’ for the photographic evidence. Well Seagal is not Italian. He is from Michigan and has nothing to do with New Jersey. The typical Guido stereotype has a Brooklyn accent. I actually have some relatives that fit the mold. They are from Staten Island. As someone who has lived in New Jersey most of my life and who is half Italian I can say that everyone I have met that might fit the guido stereotype does not come from New Jersey. Neither do most of the cast of Jersey shore. Don’t believe reality TV. Oh and Jerseylicious? Its only a few miles from here. That show was cast. Those are not the employees. People around here don’t talk like that. If you did you would be asked when you moved here from Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/19 "2010-11-28T18:39:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Don’t believe reality TV. I’ve never seen any amount of Jersey Shore and not more than 10-15 minutes of any reality show. In fact I have probably watched, not counting hockey or football, 20 minutes of TV in the last three months. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-doesnt-take-himself-too-seriously/561862/20 "2010-11-28T19:10:07Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I’ve never seen any amount of Jersey Shore and not more than 10-15 minutes of any reality show. In fact I have probably watched, not counting hockey or football, 20 minutes of TV in the last three months. Over all a good strategy but there are _some_ good shows on.