Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers lines in a style that can range from being action hero cool to downright hilarious, and many times within the same movie. Here are just a few of the most iconic Arnold one-liners of all time.
“It’s Not A Tumor!” (Kindergarten Cop)
The early 90s saw Schwarzenegger take on more family-friendly roles, with his part in Kindergarten Cop (1990) as a police officer going undercover as a teacher being perhaps his most memorable. It’s fun seeing the Schwarzenegger’s no-nonsense cop John Kimble interact with a bunch of kindergartners, who frequently get under his skin with their juvenile questions. At one point, Kimble complains about the kids giving him a headache, and one of his students suggests that it might be a tumor. Kimble incredulously fires back, “It’s not a tumor! It’s not a tumor, at all.” Arnold’s fish out of water status in this movie is just summed up perfectly in this one-liner. A better answer to the child may have been to ask how he even knows what a tumor is in the first place.
“You’re Fired”(True Lies)
True Lies, the 1994 James Cameron action-comedy, is a bit lacking in terms of classic Schwarzenegger one-liners, but the Austrian behemoth manages to spout off a great one in the film’s final act. The entire last action scene is over-the-top ridiculousness, with an extended fight on a harrier jet in downtown Miami. The film’s big baddie terrorist Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik) ends up hanging from one of the harrier’s missiles, which Arnie’s character, counter-terrorist agent Harry Tasker, promptly launches with Aziz still attached. The missile manages to go through a skyscraper before hitting a helicopter filled with Aziz’s men, killing all of them in a fiery explosion. Trasker’s cool, confident “You’re fired” line cranks the sequence up to 11.
“I’ll Be Back” (The Terminator Series)
The ultimate Schwarzenegger one-liner also happens to be ranked #37 on the American Film Institute’s list, “100 Years…100 Movie Quotes”. The immortal quote has become directly associated with Arnie’s most iconic character, The Terminator, and has become a much-repeated line throughout the Terminator series (along with another famous one, “Come with me if you want to live”). Interestingly, the line would have been “I will be back” if Arnie had his way, as his thick Austrian accent made it difficult to pronounce the contraction “I’ll”, but The Terminator (1984) director James Cameron insisted on keeping it, reassuring Schwarzenegger that the best take would be used, leading to the creation of Arnie’s most famous one-liner.
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