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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making 'The Terminator'. An interviewer asked him about a pair of shoes he had, which belonged to the wardrobe for The Terminator, Schwarzenegger responded to the interviewer saying "Oh some sh*t movie I'm doing, take a couple weeks."

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