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

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" How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema. "

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

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" I have been famous for a long time. "

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" I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does. "

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" Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics. "

" You know you're old when you're asked, 'Do you have hobbies?' "

" I don't want to be mushy about it, but having four kids is definitely the best thing that has ever happened to me, and each kid is, to me, more fascinating than any five movies. "

" I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an 'in-depth' interview. "

" I don't know that any of us can control our own image. We are what other people see. "

" Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich. "

" If I had done some of the movies that I was offered as an actor - and very good movies, by the way, and some of them big moneymakers - I don't know that I ever would have taken what was the concentration or the time to do the movies that I produced. 'Reds' is a good example, but 'Shampoo' is also an example, and so was 'Heaven Can Wait.' "

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" When I produce a movie - and I've produced a number of movies, unlike Arnold - yes, I'm frustrated when the union says you can't do this, you can't work past that hour, you've got to break for lunch. But ultimately, they're right. What they do is for everyone's benefit. "

" Building a house is a lot like moviemaking. The attention to detail, the sense that you're doing something that has longevity. "

" Art is truth. "