Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He ‘Would Make a Great President’
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks onstage at an Evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger presented by Fane at London Palladium on October 24, 2023 in London, England.
From “Governator” to… “Presidentenator?” It’s much harder to play off of one of Arnold Schwarzegger’s catchphrases. But the former California governor thinks he would make a great President. However, the 76-year-old former bodybuilder can’t legally run for the United States’ highest office. It is required for prospective candidates to be a natural-born citizen, and Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, in 1947. Despite that, he tells BBC in a new interview that he thinks he’d be a good fit for our country.
“I feel like I would make a great president,” he said, adding that “everything I’ve accomplished was because of America.” When Schwarzenegger moved to America at 19 years old in the late 60s, he was chasing his dream of becoming a world-famous bodybuilder. “America gave me so many opportunities. The American people were so embracive, and they just received me with open arms. There was no one there that stopped me from my success. So the only thing that I can’t do, which is run for president. I’m not going to complain about that,” he continued. He admits that it would be “a little bit selfish if I go out and try to change the law.” He lists the Constitution and immigration reform to make the changes necessary to make it happen.
As for discussing next year’s possible Presidential race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Schwarzenegger is not excited about it. Besides both Biden and Trump having already served presidential terms, Schwarzenegger pointed out that they’re perhaps too old for the job. Biden is 80, while Trump is 77. “I just hope that America finds some really young blood,” he says. “Because to me, it is a little bit odd that we are having a battle between people today in the late seventies and early eighties rather than people that in the forties and fifties or maybe even younger and have them have a chance at this great, great job.”
The actor recently published a self-help book titled: Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, which is out now.
14 Actors Who Hated Their Own Movies
There are movies that we love and those we can’t stand. For the actors starring in these films, some are proud of the work they did, while others wish they didn’t sign up for certain projects. Actors of high and low status have regrets about the roles they’ve taken on during the course of their careers. Unfortunately for them, these movies will live on forever to haunt them. Some have openly bashed the films they starred in, while others have taken it in stride and made jokes about their poor choices. However, some of the movies on this list have become cult favorites, like the 2004 Catwoman movie Halle Berry starred in. Critics may have hated it, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of a low 8%, but it still gained a cult following. While appearing on What What Happens Live in 2017, the actress was asked to rate the movie and while laughing, she says, “100.”
Cult Followings
Another film that has a large cult following is the Twilight film franchise. Robert Pattinson starred as Edward Cullen, the brooding heartthrob vampire of every teenage girl’s fantasies during the late aughts. During the Twilight mania, Pattinson was overwhelmed by the intensity of it all, and his disinterest in the franchise was reflected in his press tour for the films. In a 2019 interview with USA Today, Pattinson revealed he has “very warm memories” since the mania died down. He told the publication, “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all, when it was very, very intense.” The actor also spoke highly of the film’s soundtrack. He said as he recently watched part of New Moon on TV. “It genuinely does have an incredibly good soundtrack. I completely forgot, but the soundtracks were quite ahead of their time.” The New Moon soundtrack featured artists like Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Lykke Li, Death Cab For Cutie, Muse, and The Killers.
Take a look below at which 14 actors hated the movies they starred in.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
