This week on “The Issue Is,' an extensive interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger. California’s former Governor sat down with FOX 11’s Elex Michaelson at two recent events.
"The most common things that I talk about when I give success speeches, is about creating a vision. I think one of the major, major problems that people have is they don't know where they're going.
"It's the same as in life. If you have no direction, if you have no purpose, if you have no goal, if you have no mission, then you're floating around and you can never be happy, you don't even know why you getting out of bed in the morning. Why are you going to work? You maybe hate your job, 70% of the people in America hate the jobs, so that's not the way to go…
"So what I did as a young kid, was I created a vision, I said, I want to be a bodybuilding champion. Then I want to use this sport to get to America. And then I want to use his sport to get in the movies... and then I want to make millions of dollars and I want to become rich and famous. And all this kind of crazy goals...
"You know, David Ellison came to me, he produced the last two 'Terminators' with me, and we get along really well, and he liked the way I worked. He came to me and he said, 'Arnold, I have an idea. I would like you to do 'True Lies,' but on TV, as an ongoing series. I said, 'well, that sounds great, I've never done a TV series before,' I said, 'but that will be a great idea.
"It’s just action packed, but also very, very funny, playing this action guy that is such a great CIA agent, but just like in 'True Lies,' when I come home, I'm a nobody, I only have trouble at home, with my daughter and with my son and my wife and everyone. Trouble. Trouble…"
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals family history behind his antisemitism stanceSchwarzenegger’s comments come amid increased levels of antisemitism and a rise in hate crimes across the US.
Read more »
WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger warns against anger stirring people toward hateFormer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) said there is an underlying anger stirring people toward hate.
Read more »
Arnold Schwarzenegger Set to Kick Off White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Cold Open (Exclusive)This year's dinner will feature Roy Wood Jr. as the headliner, with President Biden set to appear as well.
Read more »
WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger warns against hateWATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger says underlying anger in the US is stirring people toward hate. “My father, and so many others...were sucked into a hate system through lies and deceit...we have seen where that leads,” he said of his father, who was a Nazi.
Read more »
Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger's pet pigArnold Schwarzenegger has a new pet pig named 'Schnelly Schwarzenegger.'
Read more »
Arnold Schwarzenegger says his father was among millions 'sucked into a hate system' by lies | CNN PoliticsFormer California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday spoke out against antisemitism and hate, pointing to his family history in the hope it would stand as an example for others.
Read more »