I will fucking miss the shit out of everything

June 8, 2023 4:46 AM

Arnold Schwarzenegger sits down with Danny DeVito for a conversation about life and death.

SCHWARZENEGGER: Except in some fantasy. When people talk about, “I will see them again in heaven,” it sounds so good, but the reality is that we won’t see each other again after we’re gone. That’s the sad part. I know people feel comfortable with death, but I don’t.

DEVITO: No.

SCHWARZENEGGER: Because I will fucking miss the shit out of everything. To sit with you here, that will one day be gone?

DEVITO: No!

SCHWARZENEGGER: And to have fun and to go to the gym and to pump up, to ride my bike on the beach, to travel around, to see interesting things all over the world. What the fuck?

DEVITO: Life! It’s the best!

SCHWARZENEGGER: Exactly. What’s that all about?

posted by uncleozzy (18 comments total)

Arnold, what is best in life?
posted by staggernation at 5:05 AM on June 8, 2023 [43 favorites]

Bros being bros.
posted by Artw at 5:10 AM on June 8, 2023 [3 favorites]

Just experienced a family loss. If you had told me this would be the thing that ends up resonating with me afterwards I would not have guessed it in a million years.
posted by Artw at 5:22 AM on June 8, 2023 [35 favorites]

Bros being bros.

They're twin brothers after all.
posted by star gentle uterus at 5:27 AM on June 8, 2023 [56 favorites]

I love both of these men. They're not perfect, but they're perfectly enjoyable in their own specific ways.

Also, really looking forward to that new Arnold documentary that just hit Netflix.
posted by Fizz at 5:39 AM on June 8, 2023 [7 favorites]

Love it.

But to quote Men in Black: “No. You won’t.”
posted by khrusanthemon at 6:16 AM on June 8, 2023 [5 favorites]

I wish that had been longer. I really enjoyed that.
posted by ceejaytee at 7:02 AM on June 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

DEVITO: More water. I need to drink some water.

SCHWARZENEGGER: I’m watching you as you finish your glass, and I finish my bottle. Uh-oh. You almost finished.

DEVITO: Well, I’m going to finish, because I’m thirsty.

SCHWARZENEGGER: Yeah, you are thirsty. I cannot get the water down. That’s the problem I have.

I'm pretty sure this is where the transcriber let an AI generate filler text, with the parameters of 'mundane but deranged small talk'.
posted by FatherDagon at 7:25 AM on June 8, 2023 [3 favorites]

I wish that had been longer. I really enjoyed that.

Clearly the perfect distillation, the perfect TL;DR
posted by chavenet at 7:26 AM on June 8, 2023 [4 favorites]

A buddy had a fantastic Sunny idea, that for one episode Arnold plays Frank and nobody reacts at all, because of course he and DeVito are twins.
posted by hwyengr at 8:38 AM on June 8, 2023 [23 favorites]

And to have fun and to go to the gym and to pump up

This is exactly when my internal reading voice turned on the over-the-top accent.
posted by ignignokt at 8:55 AM on June 8, 2023 [9 favorites]

Conan O'Brien just put out a reading of the proposed Hans and Frans movie with him, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, and Robert Smigel in his classic Arnold voice. I had a hard time reading this interview and not hearing Smigel.
posted by Quonab at 9:20 AM on June 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

humanity's current quests:

• cheat death
• create and harness a sun
• invent a machine god

i am here for all of those things and i don't care who knows it
posted by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 9:58 AM on June 8, 2023 [4 favorites]

humanity's current quests:
cheat death
create and harness a sun
invent a machine god
i am here for all of those things and i don't care who knows it

Yeah but that’s the mainline quests, I keep getting distracted by side quests like trying out pickle pizza.
posted by curious nu at 10:23 AM on June 8, 2023 [17 favorites]

turned on the over-the-top accent.

This happened to me to, but it was at cannaht get de warder daaaohn which for some reason my brain rendered in full “yelling in Predator” mode
posted by Jon Mitchell at 8:24 AM on June 10, 2023 [1 favorite]

I keep getting distracted by side quests like trying out pickle pizza.

I think the pickle pizza quest is easier to do.
posted by jenfullmoon at 3:49 PM on June 10, 2023

I am so glad I read that interview. Thank you.
posted by brainwane at 4:29 PM on June 10, 2023 [1 favorite]

I am so glad I read that interview.

Yes, finally got around to reading it this afternoon. Thanks!
posted by kingless at 10:33 AM on June 11, 2023 [1 favorite]