Arnold Schwarzenegger: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (‘I Used to Have a Miniature Pig Named Bacon!’)
He’s back! Arnold Schwarzenegger shares 25 action-packed
facts you may not know about him in this week’s issue of Us
Weekly. Be sure to catch the muscular movie star, 69, as the
host of The Celebrity Apprentice on NBC January 2 at 8 p.m.
1. When I was the chairman of the President’s Council on
Fitness, Sports & Nutrition from 1990 to 1992, I visited all 50
states.
2. I was originally meant to play the good guy, Kyle Reese, in
1984’s The Terminator, with O.J. Simpson playing the
Terminator.
3. I can grill a steak better than anyone I know.
4. I have a mini-horse, Whisky, who comes into my house
and steals my oatmeal and protein powder.
5. I paint my own Christmas cards.
6. I didn’t take a salary for Twins in 1988, because the studio
was taking a risk on me by letting me do a comedy. I did
make a profit-sharing deal and made more money from
Twins than any other movie.
7. I play chess to relax when I’m working. If we are night
shooting, I might play as many as 30 games.
8. I grew up in Austria without a phone, running water or a
flushing toilet.
9. I didn’t take my first flight until I was 19.
10. Bodybuilding didn’t make any money; the world
championship was a $1,000 prize. So I started a bricklaying
company with my best friend, Franco, to support us.
11. I love shopping at Walmart. I’ve worn jeans from
Walmart on a red carpet.
12. I ride my bike every morning to the gym and work out.
It’s an addiction.
13. I bought my first apartment building in 1974, eight years
before I starred in Conan the Barbarian.
14. I prefer FaceTime to phone calls.
15. I never even used a phone until I was 15.
16. Richard Nixon was the first president I met, and I’ve met
every president since. My friends say I’m like Forrest Gump.
17. I used to have a miniature pig named Bacon. We had to
send it to a fat farm because my kids overfed it.
18. I love skiing so much, there is a run named after me in
Sun Valley, Idaho.
19. In 1975, I learned how to water-ski in Birmingham,
Alabama, during the filming of Stay Hungry.
20. When I went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2003
to announce I was going to run for California governor, I was
the only person who knew that I was going to run.
21. My guilty pleasure is kaiserschmarrn, an Austrian dessert
that is basically shredded, fried pancakes. It is heaven.
22. When I lived in Munich, I won a stone-lifting contest in a
beer hall. The stone weighed 560 pounds.
23. I was the Junior European Champion in ice curling.
24. I have more than 50 pairs of cowboy boots.
25. I moved to America in 1968 with nothing but my gym bag.
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facts you may not know about him in this week’s issue of Us
Weekly. Be sure to catch the muscular movie star, 69, as the
host of The Celebrity Apprentice on NBC January 2 at 8 p.m.
1. When I was the chairman of the President’s Council on
Fitness, Sports & Nutrition from 1990 to 1992, I visited all 50
states.
2. I was originally meant to play the good guy, Kyle Reese, in
1984’s The Terminator, with O.J. Simpson playing the
Terminator.
3. I can grill a steak better than anyone I know.
4. I have a mini-horse, Whisky, who comes into my house
and steals my oatmeal and protein powder.
5. I paint my own Christmas cards.
6. I didn’t take a salary for Twins in 1988, because the studio
was taking a risk on me by letting me do a comedy. I did
make a profit-sharing deal and made more money from
Twins than any other movie.
7. I play chess to relax when I’m working. If we are night
shooting, I might play as many as 30 games.
8. I grew up in Austria without a phone, running water or a
flushing toilet.
9. I didn’t take my first flight until I was 19.
10. Bodybuilding didn’t make any money; the world
championship was a $1,000 prize. So I started a bricklaying
company with my best friend, Franco, to support us.
11. I love shopping at Walmart. I’ve worn jeans from
Walmart on a red carpet.
12. I ride my bike every morning to the gym and work out.
It’s an addiction.
13. I bought my first apartment building in 1974, eight years
before I starred in Conan the Barbarian.
14. I prefer FaceTime to phone calls.
15. I never even used a phone until I was 15.
16. Richard Nixon was the first president I met, and I’ve met
every president since. My friends say I’m like Forrest Gump.
17. I used to have a miniature pig named Bacon. We had to
send it to a fat farm because my kids overfed it.
18. I love skiing so much, there is a run named after me in
Sun Valley, Idaho.
19. In 1975, I learned how to water-ski in Birmingham,
Alabama, during the filming of Stay Hungry.
20. When I went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2003
to announce I was going to run for California governor, I was
the only person who knew that I was going to run.
21. My guilty pleasure is kaiserschmarrn, an Austrian dessert
that is basically shredded, fried pancakes. It is heaven.
22. When I lived in Munich, I won a stone-lifting contest in a
beer hall. The stone weighed 560 pounds.
23. I was the Junior European Champion in ice curling.
24. I have more than 50 pairs of cowboy boots.
25. I moved to America in 1968 with nothing but my gym bag.
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