Arnold Schwarzenegger on Son-in-law Chris Pratt, Pranking Sylvester Stallone & Terminator’s Ret

HOW ARE YOU? I HAVE TO SAY -- -- THAT -- VERY NICE. Jimmy: I'M VERY IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM YOUR HOUSE LAST NIGHT, RIGHT? YES, BUT THAT'S NOTHING FOR AN ACTION HERO. COME ON. Jimmy: THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S A PIECE OF CAKE. SAY THAT I AM A POSITIVE PERSON. I TELL YOU THAT I AM HAPPY THAT MY HOUSE HAS NOT BURNED. Jimmy: I'M SURE YOU ARE. AND I'M SURE YOU DO TOO. YOU WERE EVACUATED Jimmy: NO. MY BROTHER WAS BUT I LIVE IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED?

YES, NOW I'M DISAPPOINTED. Jimmy: NO, I JUST DRIVE REGULARLY. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ANIMALS, RIGHT? YES. I HAVE A PONY, A MINIATURE PONY. I HAVE TWO DOGS. YES, THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY UP THERE. Jimmy: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE PONY? THROW THAT IN THE TRUNK? OR HOW IS THAT GOING? DO YOU RIDE A PONY? WE SENT HIM TO SLEEPING CAMP, SLEEPING CAMP AT NIGHT. Jimmy: A SLEEPING CAMP Q. THAT'S RIGHT. Jimmy: SLEEP CAMP DOESN'T SOUND SO GOOD. NO? Jimmy: WELL, YOU PUT A DOG TO SLEEP, YOU -- NO. Jimmy: I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU DID NOT EUTANIZE YOUR PONY.

I HAVE ONLY BEEN IN AMERICA FOR 51 YEARS. GIVE ME A BREAK. Jimmy: HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOUR ACCENT HASN'T DOWNLOADED EVEN THE SMALLEST DEGREE? YOU KEEP THIS ACCENT. HOW CAN IT BE? I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT I'M WITH SLY FROM TIME TO TIME. Jimmy: SLY STALLONE? ABSOLUTELY, YES. Jimmy: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SLY. BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE MORE THINGS. YOU ARE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE. AND YOU HAD A LOT OF THIS TYPE TO DEAL WITH. WHAT WAS THE LARGEST EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT YOU OVERWHELMED WHEN YOU WERE GOVERNOR?

WELL, ONCE: FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. FIRES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK THAT DURING MY MANAGEMENT WE HAVE SEEN, DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER THINGS, FIRES INCREASED. THERE WAS NO MORE FIRE SEASON. IT WAS ALL YEAR LONG, AS YOU CAN SEE. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL, IN OCTOBER THEY HAVE HUGE FIRES. Jimmy: YES, SURE. SO THEY ARE NOT JUST IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT THEY ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. AND WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR, ONE TIME I WENT TO BED AND THEY SAID THERE ARE 500 FIRES IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA. AND THAT WAS LIKE...

I COULD NOT SLEEP ALL NIGHT. I WAS THINKING HOW DO YOU HANDLE THIS AND WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? HOW DO YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE, THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND ALL OF THIS? AND THEN IN THE MORNING I GET UP AND MAKE A CALL AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE ARE NOW 2,012 FIRES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. Jimmy: WOW! JUST TO THINK - TO SHOW YOU THE SIZE OF EVERYTHING. IT'S SO BORING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET IN. THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS HELPING. EVERYONE WAS HELPING. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS HELPING. THE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT ADVANTAGE HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FIREFIGHTERS IN THE WORLD, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. Jimmy: WE HAVE GREAT FIREFIGHTERS. WE MAKE. AND THEY SEEM TO COORDINATE VERY WELL. YES. BUT WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT AS WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF FIRES, WE NEED MORE AIRCRAFT, YOU KNOW, TO DOWN FIRE RETARDANT. WE NEED MORE HELICOPTERS, MORE SOPHISTICATED HELICOPTERS. NOT ONLY THE HUEYS FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. WE NEED THE BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS SO THEY CAN FLY AT NIGHT AND DROPPING WATER AT NIGHT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY DROPPING AT NIGHT.

SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING. Jimmy: DO YOU AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT IF WE RAWED THE FOREST MORE FREQUENTLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE FIRES HERE? WELL, THERE ARE NOT MANY THINGS ON WHICH I AGREE WITH HIM. Jimmy: IN HAPPIER NEWS I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. YOU HAVE A GREAT BOY JOINING YOUR FAMILY. CHRIS PRATT married his daughter, Katherine, which I guess... he would assume was something he was very happy about. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF... THE THING IS, FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S A GREAT GUY. Jimmy: YES. NOT JUST A VERY TALENTED GUY AND A GREAT ACTOR AND A GREAT STAR AND ALL THOSE THINGS BUT A REALLY KIND MAN AND KIND TO MY DAUGHTER, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.

BUT I WAS SHOCKED WHEN MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING OUT WITH HIM BECAUSE I TOLD HER DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO COMPETITIVE? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GUY WHO'S TALLER THAN ME, WHO'S BIGGER THAN ME, WHO MAKES BIGGER MOVIES THAN ME AND ALL THIS KIND OF THINGS, WHO MAKES MORE MONEY THAN ME? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY WILD. I mean, suddenly having this guy in the family. Jimmy: YES. BUT LIKE I SAID, HE'S A VERY NICE GUY AND HAS A LOT OF TALENT. I GET ALONG REALLY WELL WITH HIM.

AND OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING WHEN WE MET, HE SAID: CAN WE TRAIN TOGETHER SOMETIME? I NEED TO HAVE THE INNER SPOON TO PUMP IRON. Jimmy: CORRECT. AND THAT HAPPENED? I TOOK HIM TO THE GYM AND WE TRAINED. Jimmy: WERE YOU IMPRESSED? WAS THAT PART OF HOW YOU DECIDED WHETHER HE COULD BE PART OF YOUR FAMILY OR NOT? SEE HIM TRAIN? THAT - PUMPING IRON WAS THE DECISION MAKING FACTOR. ABSOLUTELY. WE WERE IN THE GYM. Jimmy: WHO BANKS MORE, YOU OR CHRIS PRATT? YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BENCH PRESSED IN A WHILE BECAUSE MY SHOULDERS ARE KIND OF INJURED.

Jimmy: I see. BUT HE'S A STRONG GUY, THERE'S NO TWO WAYS TO DO IT, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM. And like I just said, when I saw him do these moves in the gym, you know, the incline press he did specifically. Jimmy: Oh. WHY I WANTED HIM TO BECOME MY SON-IN-LAW. IT WAS THE INCLINED PRESS. Jimmy: THAT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS LOVE, THE INCLINE PRESS. ABSOLUTELY. THE INCLINED PRESS, YES. THAT DOES IT. Jimmy: DID HE ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO HOLD YOUR DAUGHTER'S HAND IN MARRIAGE? ABSOLUTELY, YES. IN A VERY TRADITIONAL WAY. Jimmy: THAT'S GOOD. YOU NEED THAT, RIGHT?

VERY GOOD. Jimmy: THAT'S ESSENTIAL. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. Jimmy: DID HE INVITE YOU TO THE BACHELOR PARTY? NO. Jimmy: HE DIDN'T? HE DIDN'T DO IT, NO. Jimmy: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FUN IF YOU WERE THERE, I BET. I REALLY WOULD HAVE MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY THERE. I didn't want his bachelor party to be more toned down like my bachelor party. Jimmy: HOW WAS YOUR SINGLE PARTY? IT WAS WILD. IT WAS WITH ANIMALS AND -- Jimmy: OH MY GOD. THEY BROUGHT SHEEP AND GARTER LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS NOT PRETTY. I DON'T WISH IT ON ANY KIND OF SON-IN-LAW.

Jimmy: THAT PONY MUST BE NERVOUS THERE IN THE HOUSE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Jimmy: YOU MENTIONED SYLVESTER STALLONE. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY I HEARD ABOUT SYLVESTER STALLONE. IS IT TRUE THAT HE CHEATED ON SYLVESTER STALLONE, WHO IS HE? IS HE A FRIEND AND A RIVAL OR JUST A RIVAL? NO,NO. IN THE 80'S HE WAS JUST A RIVAL. Jimmy: JUST A RIVAL. IT WAS JUST COMPETITION. It was about who makes bigger movies, who has more muscle definition, who has more box office success, who kills more people. WHO KILLS PEOPLE IN THE MOST CREATIVE WAY.

WHO HAS BIGGER KNIVES. WHO HAS BIGGER GUNS. IN THE END I started running with machine guns that were only good for helicopters, mounted on helicopters or tanks. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS A TOTAL WAR. Jimmy: SO TELL THE STORY THAT SOMEHOW YOU TRICKED HIM INTO MAKING A VERY BAD MOVIE. YES. Jimmy: AND IS THAT TRUE? YES. IF IT'S PART OF... Jimmy: HOW THE HELL? HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT? HOW DID YOU ACHIEVE THAT? WELL, BECAUSE THEY CAME TO ME BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD KNEW THAT I WANTED TO STOP MAKING ACTION MOVIES AND DO COMEDIES. THAT'S WHY I MADE "TWINS" AND "KINDERGARTEN POLICE" AND MOVIES LIKE THOSE.

THANK YOU. SO THEY CAME TO ME WITH THIS OTHER MOVIE AND NOW I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED. Jimmy: "STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT." THAT'S CORRECT. I READ THE SCRIPT AND IT WAS A PIECE OF. I TOLD MYSELF I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS MOVIE. THEN THEY WENT TO SLY AND THEN SLY CALLED ME AND SAID HEY HAVE THEY EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS MOVIE? AND I SAID YES. I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING IT. I SAID THIS MOVIE IS A REALLY BRILLIANT IDEA. AND THEN WHEN HE WAS HEARD THAT BECAUSE HE WAS IN COMPETITION HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM, LOOK, WHATEVER IT COSTS, I'LL MAKE THE FILM.

SO HE MADE THE MOVIE. OF COURSE, THE FILM WENT DOWN THE TOILET. IMPORTANT. Jimmy: YOU ARE A DEVIL MAN. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER IS HERE. HIS MOVIE about him IS "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE". WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ Jimmy: THAT'S ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE." HE RELEASES IN CINEMAS ON FRIDAY. THAT LOOKS GOOD. BOOM! Jimmy: DID YOU DO THAT? Did you throw him on the ground like that? I HAD TO DO IT. THIS WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MACHINE, I CAN TELL YOU. HE IS MEAN, HIS SKILLS OF HIM... HIS CALLED REV 9. HIS SKILLS OF HIM ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE OF THE T-800, THAN ME.

Jimmy: CORRECT. SO IT REALLY TOOK A LOT OF ACTION TO, YOU KNOW, FACE THIS KIND OF MONSTER. Jimmy: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME LOVE YOU IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TAMEIME THAT YOU, JAMES CAMN AND LINDA HAMILTON HAVE WORKED TOGETHER SINCE T-2. SHE JUST IGNORED THE OTHER MOVIES IN THE MIDDLE AND CHOSE THIS AS THE THIRD. WELL, I DIDN'T. She did "TERMINATOR 3" AND "TERMINATOR 5." THE OTHER DID NOT DO IT BECAUSE HE WAS GOVERNOR. BUT IT IS ABOUT TIME TRAVEL, IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE PAST AND THE PRESENT AND ACTION. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE, LIKE LINDA HAMILTON AND JIM CAMERON, FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS IS NOW THE SEQUENCE OF NUMBER 2.

SO LET THEM HAVE IT. Jimmy: Okay. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUATE WITH THEM. Jimmy: WHY WOULD YOU DO IT? YES. Jimmy: ANOTHER THING. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT T-800. THERE'S A STORY YOU'VE TOLD THAT THE ORIGINAL CHOICE, THE ACTOR WHO WAS GOING TO PLAY T-800 WAS O.J. SIMPSON. RIGHT. Jimmy: NOW - WHICH IS CRAZY TO START. BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THEY THEY CHOSE ME BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT O.J. He didn't look like a killing machine. FIGURE. Jimmy: HOLLYWOOD. BUT HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING. HERE IS THE INTERESTING THING. NOW FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO O.J. -- Jimmy: WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED?

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO O.J.? SO BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED NOW THEY DENY THAT THEY HAD O.J. IN MIND FIRST. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Jimmy: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK. JIM CAMERON SAID THIS WEEKEND. AND HE SAID, LET ME CORRECT THAT RIGHT NOW, ARNOLD IS LITERALLY WRONG, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE, DON'T ARGUATE WITH ARNOLD. DO SIMPSON WAS NEVER IN THE MIX. THAT WAS OUTSTANDINGLY REJECTED BEFORE IT GOT ANY TRACTION. THERE IS NO DO. LOW - HE SAID YOU HAVE A PAINTING PAINTED BY JIM CAMERON AND YOU SAID THAT O.J.'S HEAD.

IT'S UNDER YOUR HEAD, SHOULD I PAINT YOUR HEAD ON TOP OF YOURS? YES. BUT I DON'T WANT TO TEAR MY FACE OFF. TO PROVE THAT I'M RIGHT. Look, let's assume for a second that you're right, that it didn't get enough traction. THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING. IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TRACTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CREDITABLE ENOUGH AS A MURDERING MACHINE. THEN THEY SAID LET'S GET SCHNITZEL FROM AUSTRIA. HE CAN DO IT. THAT'S ALL. AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST CAREER CHANGE FOR ME. IT WAS THE BIGGEST BOOST IN HIS CAREER. IT WAS FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH JIM CAMERON AND WITH LINDA HAMILTON IN THE FIRST, IN THE SECOND.

AND NOW ON THIS. JIM CAMERON CREATED THE STORY. She did a fantastic job. And you know, he's a very close friend of mine. HE RESPECTED HIM A LOT. HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTOR PROPHET. AND ALSO TIM MILLER, WHO DIDN'T DIRECT THIS, IS ALSO A FANTASTIC DIRECTOR WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO DO, YOU KNOW, ACTION AND VISUAL EFFECTS. AND HE IS VERY IMPORTANT. Jimmy: THE ACTION AND THE VISUAL EFFECTS ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT. BUT WHAT PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER ACTOR IS FAMOUS IS LIKE A SLOGAN, A LINE FROM THE FILM, SOMETIMES TWO, SOMETIMES THREE LINES FROM A FILM THAT BECOME PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BASICALLY.

RIGHT. Jimmy: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IS THIS. WE HAVE A BOWL. AND IN THE BOWL THERE ARE A BUNCH OF FAMOUS LINES FROM OTHER FAMOUS MOVIES, MOVIES THAT YOU WERE NOT IN. WHAT? Jimmy: YOU WERE NOT INSIDE. BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THE BOWL, PULL SOME OF THESE LINES, TRANSLATE THEM INTO ARNOLDESE, AND DO THEM LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THEM IF YOU WERE IN THESE FILMS. EVERYTHING WELL. Jimmy: YES? SO TAKE ONE AND THEN IF YOU COULD LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THAT CAMERA AND READ IT, OKAY. she SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND.

Jimmy: YES. I ALREADY LOVE IT. ♪ TOTO, I HAVE THE FEELING THAT WE ARE NO LONGER IN KANSAS. ♪ NOBODY PUT THE BABY IN A CORNER. Jimmy: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE? GIVE US ONE MORE. SURE. IT'S ACTUALLY A FUN GAME. Jimmy: THIS COULD BE -- WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. YIPPEE KI-YAY, MOTHER. Jimmy: ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, EVERYONE. "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE" RELEASES IN THEATERS ON FRIDAY.