I think there are some people that are capable of making a sequel more special than the original. And we have seen that when the original Terminator came out, then Jim Cameron outdid himself with the sequel. Then it became the highest grossing movie of the year when it came out in 1991.
I never go on a movie set as the star. I always go as the guy who just does his job, like the electrician does his job and the hairdresser does her job. Let’s all work together and make this happen, rather than have the star treatment. I don’t do that.
I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible to do and to take it on.
It is unconstitutional to deny people, gay or lesbian couples, the right to marriage. Everyone has equal rights so this is the right way to go. I think it’s a great celebration for America.
In acting class they tell you that you have to be real, connect with the people, connect with your partner. The same as politics, you have to connect to the people.
What drove me to become the world’s greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.
You’re always as good as your last movie and that’s the same with politics. If you are successful with a certain policy, then you’re hot; if you’re successful with the economy, or bringing down the unemployment rate, then you’re hot. But if you’re not successful, then things go south very quickly.
I’ve heard all my life that ‘this is impossible, you can’t make it’ and ‘you’re going to fail’, but I didn’t listen to them and I made it.
I think most of my lessons come from sports. That’s why I always emphasise to young kids to get involved in sports because it’s where you learn about discipline. It’s where you learn to keep going, where if you think you can’t make it, you can.
I’m not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can’t be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.
I think the first and most important thing is that you’ve got to have a goal and a vision.
Everything that I’ve accomplished in life was because of America and because of California, so I should take seven years out of my life to be a public servant and to serve the people of California regardless of the lack of pay.
The word infrastructure means nothing to the majority of people of America. We have to come up with a sexier word than infrastructure. So the key thing is that you have to go out and promote and market this the right way like with everything in policy.
I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.
I think that one-liners are very important and sometimes you don’t even know when you’re making the movie that it’s going to be a great line. I remember when we did The Terminator and I came to the line “I’ll be back” I had no idea that it was going to be an important line.
People say, My God, you’re so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.
Injuries happen when your mind is beyond your body, largely when you think you’re King Kong and lift weights heavier than the body can handle.
The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is – it’s not about what the size of the car is.
Ninety percent of the people don’t realize that there is anything below the head. They think that the head is carried around by something very mysterious, and they’re not aware that it’s the body, something they should be in tune with.
The percentage of gays is the same, probably, as anywhere. Most bodybuilders are straight, regular street guys, though a lot aren’t serious. Many in California are punks, beach bums just lying around in the sun and maybe collecting unemployment.