"I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport."

Arnold Schwarzenegger about bodybuilding as a sport

"The real hard-core Arnold audience felt that this was the best movie I'd done. A lot of love and caring."

Arnold Schwarzenegger
about his film Twins

"My wife and I make sacrafices so we can be as much together with the kids as possible. There's no since in having kids if you're not there every day seeing them grow up."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Some of his comments were way, way out, but the public wanted to be shocked, and that's what Arnold has always been able to do. That draws attention to you, and if you're original, you tend to stand out in the crowd."

Arnold's idol Reg Park, 1998

"It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself, 'I can be there.'"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1979

"Getting the audience to cry for the Terminator at the end of T2, for me that was the whole purpose of making that film. If you can get the audience to feel emotion for a character that in the previous film you despised utterly and were terrified by, then that's a cinematic arc."

James Cameron, 1997

"Start wide, expand further, and never look back."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1993

"I hope it doesn't show in our village, the priest will be shocked..."

Arnold's mother Aurelia about 'Conan the Barbarian', 1982

"Money doesn't make me happy. It doesn't matter to me if I get 48 or 50 million dollar."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1992

"My attitude right now is that I have already won the Olympia a third time. I can't see any way that anyone could possibly beat me for this title again."

Frank Zane (Mr. Olympia 1977-1979), 1979
NOTE: Arnold made a victorious Mr. Olympia comeback in 1980

"It's exciting be on the top...but it's tough because everyone wants to take a shot at you."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"You can't tell a kid that it's time to exercise; that's a turn-off...you have to say 'Let's go to the park and have some fun.' Then you get them to do some running, play on the swings, practice on the balance beam, basically get a full workout disguised as play."

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Presidential Council on Fitness

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."

Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, 1979

"Arnold Schwarzenegger is a joy to work with. And we had such fun. His wife, Maria, said if we were in school together we would have definitely had to [have] been separated."

Eraser's sidekick Robert Pastorelli

"Besides being the greatest bodybuilder of all time, Arnold is my best friend and the most fun person I have ever met."

Franco Columbu, 1995

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, March 1997

"We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There’s really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer."

Arnold Schwarzenegger about his basic plan

"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."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"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."

Arnold Schwarzenegger about his future career, March 1996

"Every moment I get to spent with my children is quality time for me."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Don't think of him as a Republican. Think of him as the man I love, and if that doesn't work, think of him as the man who can crush you."

Maria Shriver, when she introduced Arnold to Ted Kennedy

"If you are overjoyed with life and have happy vibrations around you, you have to be sensitive of other less fortunate."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1996

"I sometimes do feel frustrated that I have more energy in me than I can get rid of...so much energy."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1993

"You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect."

Arnold Schwarzenegger about filming, 1990

"I am here to spend. I love to spend Hollywood's money!"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1993

"Maria is the best reason to come home."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Paul Verhoeven has the ability to do all those element's that you need for a big movie. And his strength is to go beyond what's written in the script, like the head coming apart, stuff that you haven't seen before in a movie."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1990

"The difference with Arnold is that he has accepted his success so gracefully. Megastardom hasn't turned him into a monster the way it has with so many people in the entertainment industry."

James Cameron

"I guess I am a science fiction fan."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1991

"During one element of a fight sequence, Arnold stopped the filming. He ripped his trousers open, looked at me and said, 'I've done a million movies and I've kicked ass in every one! But look what you did to me!' He pointed to a bruise the size of my fist on his hip and said, 'Thank you, Sharon.'"

Sharon Stone

"Women appreciate Conan's vulnerability. He's an innocent, in a way. He doesn't win every time."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I am very fortunate to have some cameramen yas of me, 'Arnold, you were born for the camera to love you'."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"When I was in Stay Hungry years ago, I said to myself, 'There is Clint Eastwood up there and Charles Bronson and Warren Beatty, so why not me too? It seems pretty empty up there, so what the hell? There is room for one more. I can squeeze in there'."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"We were real tight. I guess we didn't expect to beat Arnold - he had to much momentum - but it wasn't about that. We were just into the training; the competition was only something you peaked for. There was no real money involved back then, so we relied on each other."

Frank Zane

"Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"No matter how good or evil, there is always a part of you in the character."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, talking about Mr. Freeze

"Each time we do a scene he pushes and pushes until you have made it totally believable. That's really the key thing: Get that in every scene."

Arnold Schwarzenegger about James Cameron

"If I had to pick a favorite movie that Arnold has done... I would chose Conan the Barbarian.. Artistically speaking, it is a brave film."

Paul Verhoeven

"I have the greatest respect and admiration for Arnold, not only for his accomplishments as a bodybuilder and an actor, but as a businessman and an example to others."

Clint Eastwood

"I hope it doesn't show in our village, the priest will be shocked..."

Arnold's mother Aurelia Schwarzenegger about Conan the Barbarian

"This is the worst birthday ever, because one third of my life has gone."

Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrating 50th birthday, 1997

"People are always making a fuss over my $15-20-million salaries. Believe me, the amount is meaningless once my wife, Maria, finds out about it. She's already spent half of my salary from Terminator 7!"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1993

"When a man walks in front of a mirror, he sees Arnold Schwarzenegger."

Dr. Brothers
At Women's Health Day in Springfield, 1995

"It is as satisfying to me as coming is - you know, as having sex with a woman and coming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am, like, getting the feeling of coming in the gym. I'm getting the feeling of coming at home. I'm getting the feeling of coming backstage when I pump up.When I pose out in front of 5.000 people I get the same feeling. So I'm coming day and night."

Arnold Schwarzenegger
talking about bodybuilding and sex
Pumping Iron 1975

"Let's put it this way. I will change diapers, but I don't exactly stand in line for it."

Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about his new baby, 1992

"If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, September 1986

"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"In Austria, they say the country is known for its pastry, its music and Arnold Schwarzenegger."

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