Quote Originally Posted by victorian guy View Post
Pumping Iron, Conan, Terminator, and the rest suck. He is one of the worst actors period. In the movies I mentioned he didn't really act. Just had to be himself, a barbarian with zero emotions, then a robot with no emotions. those roles worked for him. every other one was a joke.
I respect your viewpoint, but do not agree. Arnold is always giving a performance. He had acting training for films after Pumping Iron & became good at being an icon, such as John Wayne, whom he modeled himself on. On that basis, I see Arnold as one of the all-time great Hollywood leading men.