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Arnold Schwarzenegger; 'I'd be a Good US President'
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Self-Help, The Israel-Gaza War and Why He'd be a Good US President
Arnold Schwarzenegger: I'd be a great US president
BBC 28 OCT 2023
Despite being 76 years old, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows no signs of stopping.
The bodybuilding champion turned Hollywood star turned US politician, now in the ‘fourth act’ of his life, has reinvented himself into a motivator, and written a book, ‘Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life’, about guiding people to achieve a ‘happy, successful, useful life’, inspired by his singular American experience.
"I'll be back."
It is 11:00 on a bright London morning and Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man who knows what people want. When I enquire if the ongoing actors' strike means I will have to be the one doing his best-known catchphrases, he does not hold back.
The lines from Predator and Terminator ring out amongst dumbbells and running machines. "The actors' strike forbids you to promote your movies, but I don't have to promote those," he protests.
Even at the age of 76, Schwarzenegger is not someone with whom you would argue over trade union small print. This is where industrial action meets action hero.
We are perched on adjacent gym benches filming an interview for BBC Breakfast at Guardians Personal Training centre, situated at Parliament Hill Lido, and have the place to ourselves. "Better gym than I had this morning at Claridge's," he booms enthusiastically, whilst also subtly letting me know that he has already worked out today.
My cameraman Peter has written Arnold Schwarzenegger on his clapperboard and turns to him, worriedly asking: "Please tell me I spelt your name correctly?"
I can confirm it takes even Arnold Schwarzenegger a full two seconds to spell-check his own name, before he looks up and smiles: "Yes."
One clap later and the interview can begin.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as an unstoppable killing machine in the science fiction thriller Terminator 1984
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