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"Get to the chopper." "I'll be back."

It is 11:00 on a bright London morning and Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man who knows what people want. When I enquire if the ongoing actors' strike means I will have to be the one doing his best-known catchphrases, he does not hold back.

The lines from Predator and Terminator ring out amongst dumbbells and running machines. "The actors' strike forbids you to promote your movies, but I don't have to promote those," he protests.