You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist.

Everything that I've accomplished in life was because of America and because of California, so I should take seven years out of my life to be a public servant and to serve the people of California regardless of the lack of pay.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they're taxed. Then they go and get the cup of coffee, they're taxed....This goes on all day long. Tax, tax, tax.

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything.

I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.