Schwarzenegger plans book, perhaps movies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an online chat with his Twitter followers Thursday that he
expects to write “a book or two” once he leaves office in January — and
maybe even return to the big screen.

The bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician said
publishers have “been after me” for years to write an autobiography but
he’s never had the patience to do it.

Schwarzenegger said he had “no idea” if a return to Hollywood moviemaking was in his future, but he left the door open. “Depends if someone comes with a great script,” he said.

The governor made a cameo appearance in the summer movie “The Expendables,” directed by his friend Sylvester Stallone.

He further stoked the movie rumor mill by posting a photo of himself meeting with James Cameron, the director of the Terminator films, and writing that the two were “working on something together”.

Cameron recently donated $1 million to oppose Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would suspend the state’s global warming law that Schwarzenegger championed.

Schwarzenegger’s 1.8 million Twitter followers
peppered him with questions that his press secretary culled for the
live chat. The governor called Twitter a “fun way of communicating . .
. with the real people out there.”

He also used the website to answer an old question
for Schwarzenegger aficionados: Who would win a mythical fight among
The Terminator, The Predator and Mr. Freeze?

“Obviously the Terminator,” he wrote.

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