While it might look like Arnold Schwarzenegger has an easy life now, the truth of the matter is that the seven times Mr. Olympia champion faced a lot of difficulties before reaching this level. Coming from a small village in Austria, the veteran bodybuilder has seen a lot of tough days growing up. Additionally, his Austrian accent made it really tough for him to get good roles initially when he entered the realm of Hollywood. 

Due to his thick accent, people often told him that he was not good at acting. Moreover, they believed that his big, muscular frame was also not appropriate for the time. Nonetheless, Schwarzenegger continued to work hard and proved his mettle, establishing himself as one of the greatest action movie stars of all time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the things he heard from people during his initial years in Hollywood 

Schwarzenegger made his debut in Hollywood in 1974, the same year when he won his first Olympia title. Due to his past ventures in the realm of bodybuilding, he had a huge, muscular frame. He revealed during his time at the Graham Norton Show that he often heard people saying that his bodybuilder frame would not be appropriate. Moreover, his accent was also a point of concern, as it would be problematic for most Americans to understand. 

Schwarzenegger revealed that people often pointed towards his thick accent and told him things like, “American people don’t accept it. Other people don’t accept it. So forget about it plus your body. Look at you. You weigh 250 pounds. I mean, this is now the seventies. This is not the 60s where they made Hercules movies. Now it’s Dustin Hoffman, and it is Al Pacino, Woody Allen. Those are the s*x symbols.”

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Luckily, Schwarzenegger did not listen to the naysayers. After all, this was not the first time he had problems due to his Austrian accent. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger explains the trouble he once got into while eating at a restaurant

Arnold disclosed a short while ago that he and a friend of his once went out to eat at a Hungarian restaurant. “So he took us there, and I ate this unbelievable, you know, vegetables and meat and everything like that. And then I said to the guy, the owner…Yeah, can I have some more of your garbage?” Schwarzenegger disclosed. 

Hearing this, the restaurant owner was shocked and asked Arnie, “What Did You Call My Food?” Luckily, this was when his friend came to the rescue and clarified to the owner saying, “No, no, no, what he actually meant was cabbage; he wants to have some more of your cabbage.”

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 With his hard work and determination, Arnold overcame all the barriers and established a legacy for himself that would last forever. What are your views on this? Let us know in the comments.