This is a different Arnold. The thing is you can do it, because, in the end, I didn't do it to a woman - she's a machine. We could get away with it without being crucified by who knows what group. There's a lot of people who want me to get out of acting and want me to run for governor. I think it's mostly movie critics. You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.
I took more abuse in Predator than I did in Conan the Barbarian I fell down that waterfall [40 feet] and swam in this ice-cold water for days and for weeks was covered in mud. It was freezing in the Mexican jungle. They had these heat lamps on all the time, but they were no good. If you stayed in front of the lamps, the mud dried. Then, you had to take it off and put new mud on again. It was a no-win situation.
The location was tough. Never on flat ground. Always on a hill. We stood all day long on a hill, one leg down, one leg up. It was terrible. It's what the Democrats should have called their convention. President [ George Bush ] knows you can't reason with people that are blinded by hate. But let me tell you something: Their hate is no match for our decency, their hate is no match for the leadership and the resolve of George Bush.
Guess who were the dogs? I knew that I wanted to play the part of the Terminator as soon as I started reading.
The important thing to me is that I'm doing work that people enjoy out there, that the movie makes good money, that the studio makes the money back, and that I'm having a great time at what I'm doing. I don't even consider myself serious. So how do I expect people to take me serious? I think this whole Hollywood thing has to be taken much looser.
One of them was Conan the Barbarian , because it was the first time I did a film with that kind of budget and I had the title role. The next big stepping-stone was The Terminator With "The Terminator", I think people became aware of the fact that I didn't really have to take my shirt off or run around and expose my muscles in order to sell tickets.
After I did "The Terminator" and we had seen it be more successful than the Conan films, people then sent me a variety of different kinds of scripts - all in the action-adventure genre, but they were not muscle movies or Viking movies or pirate movies or anything like that. That can be difficult when you're walking through a door with its frame on fire, trying to reload a gun, and at the same time thinking in the back of your mind that people have accidents doing these kinds of stunts and that it might be my turn.
According to what we know about the future, there were hundreds of Terminators built. The story of the Terminator could go on forever. Can you slaughter people and never see blood? Is it possible? You must have battles. That's part of life, war, and the world of Conan. It turned out that Fleischer thought [ John Milius '] decision to keep Conan clothed throughout the first film was a mistake. Fleischer believes that people want to see my body much more often than they did the first time around, so they will.
I spend most of my time in Conan the Destroyer fighting off people while I'm dressed in a loincloth. It caught me off guard and I went right over the ledge. I fell ten feet and landed on my back. I was covered with scratches and bruises. It was probably a pretty good beginning for this movie, though. It set the tone for the whole time we were there. This was going to be fun. Other people said, "Look, he's not working and he just feels like he should maybe get involved in politics". Instead, I just think that maybe he is jealous that I did jump in.
I find it silly, because I respect his work. Well, I think because a lot of people don't know why I'm a Republican, I came first of all from a socialistic country which is Austria and when I came over here in with the presidential elections coming up in November, I came over in October, I heard a lot of the press conferences from both of the candidates, [ Hubert H.
Humphrey ] and [ Richard Nixon ], and Humphrey was talking about more government is the solution, protectionism, and everything he said about government involvement sounded to me more like Austrian socialism. Then when I heard Nixon talk about it, he said open up the borders, the consumers should be represented there ultimately and strengthen the military and get the government off our backs.
I said to myself, "What is this guy's party affiliation? So I asked my friend, "What is Nixon? And I said, "I am a Republican". That's how I became a Republican. The facts do not justify overturning the jury's verdict, or the decisions of the courts in this case. As a kid - as a kid I saw socialist - the socialist country that Austria became after the Soviets left. Now don't misunderstand me: I love Austria and I love the Austrian people. But I always knew that America was the place for me.
In school, when the teacher would talk about America, I would daydream about coming here. I would daydream about living here. I would sit there and watch for hours American movies, transfixed by my heroes, like John Wayne.
Everything about America seemed so big to me, so open, so possible. I have no sexual standards in my head that say this is good or this is bad. Homosexual - that only means to me that he enjoys sex with a man and I enjoy sex with a woman.
It's all legitimate to me. I didn't think about money. I thought about the fame, about just being the greatest. I was dreaming about being some dictator of a country or some savior like Jesus.
I'm 6'2". I've heard rumors that I'm really much shorter in real life like 5'6" or something like that - which is ridiculous. I can assure you this is not the case. People look up to me, and not just because I do a lot of work in the community. I mean, most people really look up to me. California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming.
We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment.
Money doesn't make you happy. But what's important is to entertain the people -- everything else means nothing. Other than my parents, there may be no single person who had more to do with me becoming the person I am today than Reg. He was like a second father to me. It was Reg who impressed upon me how hard I would have to work if I wanted to achieve my dreams. I'll always remember him making me do calf-raises with 1, pounds at 5 o'clock in the morning.
There are such high standards and now there are always new standards being set for action. That was an excellent movie! There was this train coming down from a bridge, falling, and they're fighting inside the train car. Jesus, that is unbelievable that you can do that. To have the imagination to write it and the talent to shoot it and make it real on the screen. It's a whole new dimension. With Batman and Terminator, those big movies, there's a certain expectation and if you don't live up to it, if the movie is not a 10, then the business will be soft.
If Terminator Salvation is pushing it forward, it will be breaking records all the time. If director McG has the T4 and the kind of shots that has the audience thinking, 'Now how did he do that? I do hope it creates a spectacle on the screen. That is what James Cameron created. I don't know if there is one or if he's the star or the hero. These are the things that determine the success and how strong the movie will be.
I know California is supposed to be a place where dreams come true, but my life has gone way beyond the dream. My dream was to come to America, become the greatest bodybuilder of all time and do what Reg Park had done by going into Hercules movies. And if that worked out, I was going to build a gym business and then live happily ever after.
Then all of a sudden I shot right by my dream. I stopped doing the strong man stuff, did the Terminator movies and became the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.
Though there were serious questions about his personal life, Michael was undoubtedly a great entertainer and his popularity spanned generations and the globe. He played a wide range of characters both on stage and in movies and his celebrated performances made the hard work of acting look effortless - which I know from experience is not easy. As a fan and as an actor, I admired Patrick and I know that he will be dearly missed.
On behalf of all Californians, Maria and I send our deepest condolences to Patrick's family, friends and fans. I am here to spend. I love to spend Hollywood's money! June And for him to still be so athletic and be able to rip off his shirt and have a six-pack is just unbelievable.
I saw his extraordinary talent and ability to inspire generations of Americans firsthand on the set of Christmas in Connecticut ' and will always remember our times together. So it depends if someone comes with a great script or a great idea All of those things, I don't know, but I did have a meeting with James Cameron , we talked about some very important things.
The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. On the power of visualizing your goals When I was very young, I visualized myself being and having what it was that I wanted. The mind is really so incredible. Before I won my first Mr. Universe, I walked around the tournament like I owned it. The title was already mine. I had won it so many times in my mind that there was no doubt I would win it.
Then, when I moved on to the movies, the same thing. I visualized myself being a successful actor and earning big money. I could feel and taste success. I just knew it would happen. It tried hard, not that they didn't try, the acting and everything - it missed the boat. You never have to smoke a joint. You just go on a bicycle ride in the morning, inhale, and you live off everyone else.
You realize you have to pay no attention to the naysayers. When you learn those lessons in sports, you can apply those lessons for the rest of your life. After all, it was petty cash compared to what you make in the movies. You can't have a life full of successes. In bodybuilding, I tried bench-pressing lb many times and failed. That's how you get there. You have to be daring.
They're writing right now Terminator Genisys There have been some writers on it for the last year-and-a-half and they could not pull it off. We have told them over and over that they are going in the wrong direction, now they've finally got rid of those writers and they've got new really quality writers. Now they're going in the right direction.
I think this year the script will be finished and we will be able to go into pre-production. He was there for me constantly throughout my life, and I will miss him dearly. I turned it into drive. To this day, I'm more comfortable when there's someone to schmooze with until I fall asleep. When you grow up in a harsh environment, you never forget how to withstand physical punishment, even long after the hard times end. If you wanted a girl, you had to make an effort to have a conversation, not just drool like a horny dog.
Most bodybuilders don't have very interesting insights or routines. In America, unlike Europe, there weren't a million obstacles to starting a business. After coming to California, I posed in the heights above Malibu. Bodybuilders like this spot because the ridges in the distance seem little and your muscles look bigger than the mountains. Nights without sleep don't mean you can't perform at a high level the next day and days without food don't mean you'll starve.
When you have a relationship in a foreign language, you have to be extra careful not to miscommunicate. I couldn't believe how difficult learning a new language could be. Pronunciations were especially dangerous. Universe, Mr. World and Mr. Olympia] Winning all three would be like unifying the heavyweight title in boxing: it would make me the undisputed world champion.
Mr World was by far the biggest bodybuilding event I'd ever seen. In bodybuilding I was king of the mountain, but in everyday LA I was just another immigrant struggling to learn English and make a life. I was glad to be away living my own life. The more popular bodybuilding grew in prisons, the more guys would get the message to behave. Winning narrowly didn't make me feel good; I wanted my dominance to be clear. He died not long after.
Real estate was the place to invest. The math of real estate really spoke to me. Bodybuilders look in the mirror as they train. You need to be your own trainer.
If millions of people came to see my movies someday, it was important that they know where the muscles came from. I wanted to promote bodybuilding, both so that more people would take part and to benefit my career. If I wanted to promote bodybuilding to a new audience, I'd have to find my own way. I find joy in the gym because every rep and every set gets me one step closer to my goal. I had no idea that reading from a script means you're supposed to act out the role.
In bodybuilding, you try to suppress emotions and march forwards with determination; in acting its the opposite. To live your life as an actor, you can't be afraid of someone stirring up your emotions.
Sometimes its hard to explain to your toddler what you do at the office. I've been retired from bodybuilding since but I'll always stay involved. I get goosebumps when Nelson Mandela talks about inclusion, tolerance and forgiveness. Maria meshed with everything that I was, what I stood for, and what I was doing. I got addicted to her. Maria was such a forceful personality that she would just run over guys.
She wanted to be unique and different. In politics, when disputes arise and camps form, you have to grasp what's happening and move very quickly. I could go on for hours about what draws me to Maria Shriver but still never fully explain the magic.
Dino De Laurentiis had a reputation for getting things done. He was very powerful in that way, and people in Hollywood knew it and didn't mess with him.
My character and his stolen Harley were a perfect combo of cyborg and machine in Terminator 2: Judgment Day Our first major decision as a couple he and Maria Shriver was to find a house and call it our place. When people come to me with a movie concept or a script, I always ask "What is the poster?
What is the image? What are we trying to sell here? Danny DeVito is a master of comedy, loves stogies, and cooks pasta on the set-no wonder he made such a great twin. Ivan Reitman took a chance on me as a comic hero. The outside world looked at our relationship he and Maria Shriver in a simple-minded way, as a juicy success story. According to this way of thinking, Maria becomes part of my trophy collection. I'd always advanced by starting with a clear vision and working as hard as possible to achieve it.
For Maria Shriver to go out and be in front of the camera was a real declaration of independence. I was Conan, and millions of dollars were being spent to make me shine. For the first time, I felt like the star. An aspect of being a Kennedy cousin Maria Shriver was that you were never completely free.
Since there were so many cousins, the number of command performances were high. Every one of the killings in Conan the Barbarian was well shot and extraordinary. John Milius always pushed the envelope. Conan the Barbarian has stunts that have since been outlawed from movies.
The bloodshed in Conan seems tame by today's standards. At the time, the film introduced a whole new dimension of violence on screen. Actors had five quarts of blood strapped to their chests, the same amount in the human body.
Whenever it was spilled, Milius shot it against a light background to get the full carnage. I was really annoyed by the way that powerful studio executives kowtowed to the members of the ratings board.
My definition of living is to have excitement always; that's the difference between living and existing. If you want to fight prejudice you have to have tolerance centers everywhere. I was amazed to see how negative most of the people in Hollywood remained toward Reagan during his presidency. He represented the values that had brought me to America.
The US was the greatest country with the best opportunities and now that it was my home, I wanted to keep it that way and make it even better. After the turmoil and gloom of the s, Americans voted for Reagan because he reminded them of their strength.
I'd have made more money if Jimmy Carter still occupied the White House. You do a movie or a book, you promote the hell out of it, you travel the world as if its your marketplace, and in the meantime, you work out and take care of business and explore even more.
When I learned about The Terminator , I loved the idea that he was a machine that never had to sleep. For me, the question was always how to fit in all the stuff I want to do. I seldom saw my life as hectic, the thought rarely crossed my mind. I wasn't sure I was free from prejudice; I'd made prejudiced comments. When you promote a movie, you want to win over everybody. If you give political speeches, you are bound to turn off somebody.
I kept quiet about politics whenever I visited Austria. I never wanted to be perceived as some wise guy coming back and telling people what to do. I always believed in shooting for the top, and to become an American is like becoming a member of the winning team. Bodybuilding is a lot like politics; you go from town to town, hoping word will spread. At the top of the ladder, there was always room for one more. The more people who stay on the bottom, the more crowded it becomes.
Once I've locked in on a vision for myself, I always resist changing the plan. I'm a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it's done. The conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that playing a villain is career suicide.
He knows the name of everyone on the set and no screwup gets past him; if you screw up he'll make a scene publicly and embarrass you. I always think the world of people who make a project their own and are on it 24 hours a day.
You should marry when you're set financially and the toughest struggles of your career are behind you. Most marriages break up over financial issues. I wasn't marrying her Maria Shriver because she came from wealth.
What was Maria's was hers. She always made people feel welcome. Gitte Brigitte Nielsen had a personality filled with laughter and fun mixed with a great hunger for attention. When you make a movie, you can never really predict what will turn out to be the most repeated line. In the mind of the public, the star is responsible for a movie's success.
You can over-think anything. There are always negatives. The more you know, the less you tend to do something. I'm always comparing life to a climb, not just because there's a struggle but also because I find at least as much joy in the climbing as in reaching the top.
I pictured marriage as a whole mountain range of fantastic challenges. The makeup trailer is the place on the set where everyone talks. If anybody's worried about anything, that's where you see it. It's the mother of all beauty salons. The makeup trailer is all about a soothing atmosphere, because you're getting ready for a scene. She looked so regal but at the same time, she radiated warmth and happiness.
I was riding the great wave of action movies. They became as important to the s as Westerns were in the s. Action movies are always more of an ordeal than a pleasure to make.
Stallone and I were the leading forces in the genre. Clint Eastwood began to show more muscle as a result. The body was key. The era had arrived where muscular men were viewed as attractive. Looking physically heroic had become the aesthetic. Early in my movie career, the hardest thing was giving up control. In bodybuilding, everything had been up to me.
In movies, you depend on others right from the start. Whenever I finished filming a movie, my job was only half done. Every film had to be nurtured in the marketplace. Some of the greatest artists never sold much because they didn't know how. No matter what I did in life, I was aware that you had to sell it.
Listening made me a more effective promoter. You have to cultivate your audience and expand it with each new film. Nurturing a movie means paying attention to the distributors. You do the things they feel are important because they go all out in pushing the theatres. When I had a good director, my movies went through the roof because I was directed well. If I had a director who was confused with no compelling vision for the movie, it would fizzle.
I didn't make The Terminator the success that it was; it was James Cameron 's vision that made the movie great. Everything in life has a funny side. I'd always been the perfect target for jokes; there was so much material to work from. Meeting comedians helped me to understand comedy. I really liked being around people who are funny. She was a sweetie off the set but needed tons of attention on-set. There are just some actors who need more attention.
People just have their hang-ups and insecurities and acting definitely brings that out. In acting you take criticism so much more personally. You get upset, but every job has its downside.
He had a masterful vision. He had enthusiasm, and did a great job. I was proud my interest and passion helped to bring about the movie. But the experience also proves how important marketing is - how important it is to tell the people what this is about; really blow up their skirt and make them say, "I have to go see this movie.
A Special Achievement Oscar is how the Motion Picture Academy honors an accomplishment for which there is no set category.
When I see a great performer, I always start to dream. Maybe its the Leo in me, the perpetual performer who always wants to be the center of attention. Starting with something disarming and funny is a good way to stand out. You become more likable, and people receive your information much better. Whenever I watched a comedy, I always thought "I could have done that! It wouldn't matter if you watched Total Recall 20 years from now, you could still enjoy it.
There's just something very appealing about futuristic movies if they have great action and believable characters. Once you pick a director, you have to have total faith in him and go with his judgment.
The only time I sing in real life is at the end of a party when I want the guests to leave. This was our next President, the real American hero.
He had a casual approach to campaigning; not everything had to be perfect. I belonged to the NRA because I believed in the constitutional right to bear arms.
I am a patriotic American. Eisenhower and Kennedy championed fitness as a way for America to stand strong against the Soviets. Fitness is important for all Americans, not just athletes. A lot of schools have great athletic programs but not great fitness programs.
I'd never seen a director fine-tune a movie as methodically as Ivan Reitman. I was on a crusade around the world to promote health and fitness to young people.
Governments don't want to be told they're doing something wrong. This is my first baby. You can be so overwhelmed by something that billions of people in history have done. And from that moment on, your life as a couple has changed. But as long as you love the baby, you'll figure it out, just like with everything you love doing. Caring for babies is hardwired into the brain. Humour was what made me stand out from other action leads. It opened up the action movie and made it appealing to more people.
If the press sees you coming out of the Oval Office with the President, you'll win respect. Fitness is fun. I felt very strongly that I had to carry to all 50 states the message that fitness was a national priority.
I love being on the road and meeting people. That's what I do best. The Great American Workout was from 7 to 9 o'clock in the morning. When in Austria, I often put on traditional clothes and do as the Austrians do. Hiking in the Alps I'd sometimes wear loud obnoxious Hawaiian shorts just to get a rise out of the Lederhosen traditionalists. His knowledge of science and the world of the future went way beyond the ordinary.
My friendship with the President George Bush Sr quickly became a very big part of my life. It was warm from the time we first met during the Reagan years. After being the fitness czar, running for Governor of California felt like deja vu. You can't have people just like your movie, you need them to be passionate.
Word of mouth is what makes movies big, because while you can put in millions to promote the movie on the first weekend, you can't afford to do that every week. When you feel embarrassed, you assume the whole world is focused on your failure. He was a different breed, a sweetheart of a guy. The fact he put such trust in me had a powerful effect. I felt there would never, ever be a time, no matter what happened, when I would violate that trust or let the man down.
America wouldn't be the land of the free if it wasn't the home of the brave. Movies 19 05 Movies 20 02 Movies 07 10 Movies 03 09 Movies 31 08 Movies 06 04 Movies 22 10 Birthday: 30 Jul Everyone agreed that he was box-office gold. By Schwarzenegger had appeared in nearly thirty movies, and he brought his unique style to each role. One thing he never lost was his accent. Comedians and critics made countless jokes about the way "Ah-nuld" talked, but Schwarzenegger seemed to take it in stride.
He also explained in a interview with Pat Broeske that he did not want to get rid of his accent completely because it had become, Broeske noted, "his trademark, his signature. Schwarzenegger's trademark made him a very wealthy actor, and he used his money wisely, investing in real estate and several businesses, including the restaurant chain Planet Hollywood. He was also a devoted family man.
Schwarzenegger met his wife, television journalist Maria Shriver — , in Shriver was no stranger to celebrity, considering she is part of one of the most famous families in the United States. Her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver — , is the sister of U. Kennedy — Most people thought that the couple made a very odd pair.
He was a brawny bodybuilder turned actor. She was a "brain" who graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.
He was a well-known supporter of the Republican Party. The Republican Party is considered to be the more conservative of the two major political parties in the United States.
Shriver, as part of the Kennedy clan, was a Democrat to the core. Members of the Democratic Party are traditionally considered to be more liberal. Those closest to the couple, however, say they are a perfect match. Both have competitive drives; both are committed to their family; and both share a wacky sense of humor. The Schwarzeneggers also share a commitment to politics and to social causes.
Since they have been devoted to the Special Olympics, helping to raise funds and awareness. Established by Eunice Shriver in , Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and sponsors annual athletic competitions for children and adults with mental retardation.
In Schwarzenegger was given an incredible opportunity to spread his message about the importance of fitness when President George H. According to the PCPFS Web site, the goal of the council is to "promote, encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports. With high energy and unlimited enthusiasm, he traveled across the country spreading the word that it was "hip to be fit. Schwarzenegger had been such a dynamic public figure in the Bush administration that people wondered if he was heading for a future in politics.
Schwarzenegger denied the rumors for years, claiming he was too busy being a businessman and family man. In , however, he spent a good deal of time campaigning in California for state grant money to fund after-school programs for children. And, in , when California governor Gray Davis — was threatened by a recall, the buzz was strong that Schwarzenegger would throw his hat in the ring. The year was a strange one in California politics.
Democrat Gray Davis, who had over twenty years of experience in politics, was governor, and had been since Throughout his first term in office, however, Davis faced a number of problems, including an outof-control budget, a sagging state economy, and electricity blackouts that left most of the state without power for some time during Californians were not happy, and they blamed Davis for the sad state of affairs.
In , just months into his second term of office, citizens started a campaign to recall Davis as governor. This meant that Davis, through a special election, would possibly be replaced. The election led to media frenzy since it was the first time in California's history that a governor faced a recall. In addition, people came out of the woodwork to campaign for Davis's job.
On August 6, , Schwarzenegger fueled the frenzy by announcing that he, too, was going to run for governor. He made his announcement during an interview on the late-night television program The Tonight Show.
Schwarzenegger spent the next several months campaigning in rather untraditional ways. For example, he chatted with Oprah Winfrey — on her afternoon talk show, and he was interviewed by disc jockey Howard Stern — , who is known for his outrageous radio antics.
Schwarzenegger peppered his interviews with references to his movies, promising to say "Hasta la vista" to new taxes and calling himself the "Collectionator," since one of his goals was to ask the federal government for funds to bail California out of its economic crisis.
All of the media attention prompted voters to turn out in droves, and on October 8, , the citizens of California elected Arnold Schwarzenegger governor with On November 17, during his swearing-in ceremony, Schwarzenegger commented, "It is no secret that I'm a newcomer to politics.
I realize I was elected on faith and hope. And I feel a great responsibility not to let the people down. The public may have felt they needed an action hero to come to their aid, but political commentators had their doubts. Schwarzenegger was able to campaign on catchy phrases, but what would he do once in office? According to political consultant David Axelrod in a Time article, "This isn't the movies. No one is going to throw him a ray gun so he can blow up the deficit. Schwarzenegger's first days in office were watched closely.
He made good on several of his campaign promises, including lowering car taxes. He was also applauded for trying to get California Democrats and Republicans to work together to help solve the state's budget problems.
Schwarzenegger, however, was just beginning to flex his political muscles.
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