A cikin shekarun 1960s, an auna shi 6'1.5 " (1.87 m), tsayin da abokan aikinsa suka tabbatar. Duk da haka, a cikin 1988, duka mujallar Daily Mail da Time Out sun ambaci cewa Schwarzenegger ya bayyana ya fi guntu. Kafin ya yi takarar gwamna, an sake tambayar tsayin Schwarzenegger a cikin wata kasida ta Chicago Reader. A matsayin gwamna, Schwarzenegger ya shiga cikin musayar farin ciki tare da ɗan majalisar Herb Wesson game da tsayinsu. A wani lokaci, Wesson ya yi ƙoƙari mara nasara don, a cikin kalmominsa, "gyara wannan sau ɗaya da duka kuma gano yadda tsayinsa yake" ta amfani da tef ɗin da aka saita a kan takalmin jikinsa.
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