A wata hira da aka yi da mujallar Talk a ƙarshen 1999, an tambayi Schwarzenegger idan ya yi tunanin yin takara. Ya amsa, "Ina tunanin hakan sau da yawa. Akwai yiwuwar saboda ina jin shi a ciki". The Hollywood Reporter ya yi iƙirarin jim kaɗan bayan haka Schwarzenegger ya nemi kawo ƙarshen hasashe cewa zai iya yin takarar gwamnan California. Bayan bayanansa na farko, Schwarzenegger ya ce, "Ina cikin kasuwancin wasan kwaikwayo <unk> Ina tsakiyar aiki na. Me yasa zan rabu da wannan kuma in tsallake zuwa wani abu dabam?" Tambaya: A wace shekara Arnold Schwarzenegger ya fara nuna sha'awar yin takara?
Shekarar 1999