My friend James Cameron and I made three films together – True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.
As governor I have seen the tremendous changes over the last few years; the amount of land that we have lost, the trees that we have lost, the homes that we have lost, lives that have been lost, and it is due to a large extent to global warming.
I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.
You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn’t exist.
Bodybuilders and fitness people have been using chiropractic very extensively in order to stay healthy and fit. I found it was better to go to a chiropractor before you get injured. We are a perfect team, the world of fitness and the world of chiropractors.
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.
When I was 15-years-old, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me.
One of my movies was called ‘True Lies.’ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.
The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression – all of that is very important.
I didn’t mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.
Don’t be afraid of making decisions.
Political courage is not political suicide.
I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.
When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.
I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.
I believe with all my heart that America remains ‘the great idea’ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.
I’m a competitive bodybuilder; I’m not training just to be healthy. Ninety-five percent of the people training with weights are into this health thing, and it’s a different mentality entirely.
I make my protein drink with whiskey. People think I’m crazy, but that’s the way I am. I get stoned, I do my own thing.