Arnie turns 60! July 30, 2007
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A short update today, just to mark the fact that the Austrian Oak, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger, is 60 years old. The 7 time Mr Olympia, worldwide movie icon and Governor of California has come a long way since his early days growing up in the small village of Thal, Austria. Say what you will about his oversized ego or wooden acting, I’m still one of those who find him an incredibly inspirational figure (BTW, Laurence Leamer’s 2005 biography comes highly recommended from these quarters). Now in his second and final term as California Governor, there are already whispers of a run for senate next. Many happy returns to the, er, old guy; I hope I wear half as well.
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There’s no doubt he’s an inspirational character, whether you’re into film, body-building, or even politics I suppose. Who else could have been the Terminator or Dutch in Predator? Those films could never have been the same without him, despite a lapse in the quality of his work throughout the nineties onwards.