New Delhi: In an exclusive interview, Hollywood actor and former Governor of California Arnold
Schwarzenegger speaks with NDTV’s Dr Prannoy Roy and discusses his time in India, his tenure as California’s governor and his Bollywood aspirations.
NDTV: A very warm welcome to this, really special show, with a legend in our lifetime, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Thank you very much for being here. If there is one person who has lived life to the full, it’s you. You had a tough start, then you went onto bodybuilding and then you became global champion, then you went to Hollywood. You should have come to Bollywood that would have been more fun. Then you achieved legendary status in Hollywood, then as a successful Governor in politics. So what’s next now?
Arnold Schwarzenegger: I think one of the things that I will do I will continue doing is promoting and campaigning for good government. Giving power back to the people rather than the politicians have all the ultimate power, people have the ultimate power. Also continuing campaigning and being under crusade for the environment. I think there is a lot of work that needs to be done and I always said now, after I am finished with the Governorship, I will go back to what I have always done, which is promote health and fitness and bodybuilding; and I also did movies and ran my businesses in real estate and other investments, I will go back to that. Almost like Cincinnatus when he was in charge, when he ruled Rome, after he was finished with his challenges he went back to farming. I think there is something attractive about that, going back to your original work and so I think that’s what I am going to do, continue doing that. It is a very fulfilling life and I am very excited. I am off those different things. If it’s show business, politics, fitness bodybuilding, weight training, all of those, I am really excited.
NDTV: No more politics. I am really shocked that you are not standing for the candidacy for the Republican Party. With these guys you could have won easily.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Well, I would. Except the Constitution of the United States says if you are not born in America you can’t run for President, so I can’t. Otherwise I could have.
See the whole 40 minutes interview HERE