It's all about Arnold

[andrewducker]

Excerpts from an interview with a much younger Schwarzenegger.

On the practice of abstaining from sex prior to a competition, Schwarzenegger rejected that approach: "I get laid on purpose. I can't sleep before a competition and I'm up all night, anyway, so instead of staring at the ceiling I figure I might as well find somebody and fuck." In fact, at the 1972 Mr. Olympia contest, "we had girls backstage giving head, then all of us went out and I won. It didn't bother me at all; in fact, I went out there feeling like King Kong," added Schwarzenegger.

When Manso asked whether he used "dope," Schwarzenegger replied, "Yes, grass and hash--no hard drugs. But the point is that I do what I feel like doing. I'm not on a health kick."

Asked whether he was "freaked out" by being in such close contact with guys at the gym, Schwarzenegger said, "Men shouldn't feel like fags just because they want to have nice-looking bodies...Gay people are fighting the same kind of stereotyping that bodybuilders are: People have certain misconceptions about them just as they do about us. Well, I have absolutely no hang-ups about the fag business..."

Comments

heh

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Well, he admitted to lots of steroid abuse.

I mean if you had artifically high testosterone you might also feel like you were King Kong.

Re: heh

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I would say steroid use, not abuse - I mean it worked for the purpose intended (enabling harder training, better recovery and promoting muscle-building) and he's still here.

Steroids, like all prescription drugs, aren't illegal for personal use over here (and are even available over the counter in some European countries), so maybe that puts a different slant on things.

[allorin.livejournal.com]

Be nice. People can learn, and grow, and change.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Heck yeah, like Strom Thurmond the racist Democrat, who later became a codger Republican that could snag a huge black vote.

[andrewducker]

See, I didn't feel those particular quotes were bad. He basically says that he likes sex and drugs, isn't gay, but has nothing against them. His language is a little crude, but that doesn't bother me (especially for the eighties). He comes across as pretty smart and reasonable.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just dirt-digging.