Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

^{Director Ivan Reitman took a chance on me as a comic hero. Here we clown around with cotton candy on the set of Kindergarten Cop. Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing, LLC}

^{Tobogganing at Camp David, President George H. W. Bush and I are about to crash into the First Lady. His inscription on the photo reads in part, “Turn, damn it, turn!!” Official White House photo}

^{President Nixon put me on the spot to speak at a holiday exhibit opening at his presidential library— afterward, with him and comedian Bob Hope, I was feeling relieved. Ron P. Jaffe / The Nixon Foundation}

^{Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, and I had great fun opening Planet Hollywood restaurants around the world. This opening was in London. Dave Benett / Getty Images}

^{My character and his stolen Harley were a perfect combination of cyborg and machine in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. StudioCanal}

^{In the makeup trailer on the set of Terminator 2, I’m boning up on real life—our daughter Katherine was turning one and another baby was on the way. StudioCanal}

^{Sometimes it’s hard to explain to your toddler what you do at the office. Katherine was freaked out by the Terminator mannequin at the studio of special effects wizard Stan Winston. Schwarzenegger Archive}

^{Clint Eastwood, one of my heroes, described a shot to me when I visited the set of In the Line of Fire in 1993. © 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved}.

^{Maria and I turned the making of True Lies in 1993 into a family adventure. Patrick was a newborn, Christina was two, and Katherine almost four. © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.}

^{Jim Cameron shows how he wants my character Harry Tasker to fight his way out of a terrorist camp, on location in the Florida Keys. © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.}

^{Jamie Lee Curtis was Helen, my onscreen wife. © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.}

^{I’ve been retired from bodybuilding since 1980 but I’ll always stay involved. Here I’m celebrating the winners of the 1994 Arnold Classic, Kevin Levrone and Laura Creavalle. Schwarzenegger Archive}

^{Maria puts a brave face on a scary situation. Open-heart surgery in 1997 to replace a defective valve failed on the first try; the next day the doctors had to open me up again. Schwarzenegger Archive}

^{Muhammad Ali and I had been friends for over twenty years when we teamed up in 2000 to raise funds for the Inner City Games Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Center. Herb Ritts/trunkarchive.com}

^{Christina, six, climbed up for a friendly Daddy-daughter chat while I was crucified for End of Days, a turn-of-the-millennium thriller. Courtesy of Universal Licensing, LLC}

^{Christopher, one, and Patrick, four, also visited the set. Courtesy of Universal Licensing, LLC}

^{I loved working with Danny Hernandez, on my left, the ex-Marine who masterminded the Hollenbeck Youth Center in East LA. It provides kids in a poor, gang-infested neighborhood with a place to go and gives problem kids a second chance. Schwarzenegger Archive}

^{I get goose bumps when Nelson Mandela talks about inclusion, tolerance, and forgiveness. In 2001 we met at Robben Island, where he spent twenty-seven years in prison, to light the Flame of Hope for the Special Olympics African Hope Games. Christian Jauschowetz}

^{My first political campaign was crusading in 2002 to pass a ballot initiative to set up after-school programs at every elementary and middle school in California. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images}

^{At the request of New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, I toured Ground Zero three days after 9/11 to thank the first responders and help boost morale. FDNY Photo Unit}

^{Former President Bill Clinton loved visiting movie sets. On his way to a speech in 2003, he stopped by the set of Terminator 3. Robert Zuckerman}

^{In 2010, during my last year as governor, the state partnered with environmentalists and preservationists to set aside the land around the iconic Hollywood sign. California State Archives / Reter Grigsby}

^{As soon as I left the statehouse, I went back to work on the movie set. Above, I’m on location with Sly and Bruce in Bulgaria, where we filmed Expendables 2. Frank Masi / Millennium Films}

^{I’m duking it out on top of a truck in The Last Stand. Courtesy of Lionsgate}

CHAPTER 17 Marriage and Movies

WHEN YOU SET THE date and say, “Okay, April 26 next year will be our wedding,” you have no idea whether you’ll be shooting a movie then or not. As 1986 rolled around, I tried to get the production of Predator put off for a few weeks, but Joel Silver, the producer, was worried that we’d run into the rainy season if we waited. That’s how I found myself deep in the Mexican jungle near the ruined Mayan city of Palenque less than forty-eight hours before I was due at the altar. I had to charter a jet for the first time in my