Arnie terminates political ambitions - but he'll be back

The big guy from Austria likes the sound of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pumping political iron will have to wait, though, while the actor revisits roles as the world’s favourite cyborg from the future and a family man-superspy.

A Republican supporter who organises inner-city youth programmes, Schwarzenegger said he considered running for governor this year but put his political career on hold to shoot Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines.