We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!

To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men!

My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

When I was 15 years old I felt totally confident I would become a world champion and the greatest bodybuilder in the world. The same was true of show business - I knew that one day I would make more money than anyone else in the industry and I did. For that you need the willingness to work and do everything it takes to make the vision turn into reality.

Whatever I thought might hold me back, I avoided. I crossed girls off my list, except as tools for my sexual needs.

In acting class they tell you that you have to be real, connect with the people, connect with your partner. The same as politics, you have to connect to the people.