I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'

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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of...

When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of...

To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the...

To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the...

It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote...

It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote...

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to...

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to...

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in...

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in...

The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger...

The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger...

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public...

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public...

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors...

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors...

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working...

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working...

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.

That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.

That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.

Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a...

Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a...

Government is not show business.

Government is not show business.

There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.

There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.

Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.

Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.

My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This...

My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This...

When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his...

When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his...

Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go,...

Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go,...

Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.

Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.