I think that if I have a chance to go back, why not just go back all the way in history to the times of the pyramids or the Roman days? I think there are so many great historic times until now that I would like to get a little peek of those periods, rather than just 1984. Why limit yourself?
I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn’t mean anything.
One thing Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t is self-effacing. Everything has to be the biggest. His money, his muscles, his movies and his machines.
I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.
You’ve got to believe in yourself, you’ve got to have a very clear vision, and you’ve got have the fire in the belly and go out and not be shy with working because it takes a lot of work.
I believe in “love it, or change it” rather than “love it, or leave it.”
I think that the best profession or the best thing to do is to be a public servant. I mean there’s nothing better than working for the people – for the common people and being a public servant, and I have seen this.
Teachers and nurses get the best seats in Heaven.
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.