Schwarzenegger: Not interested in 'Terminator 4'

Today at a breakfast organized by the California Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger went out of his way to say he wasn't really interested in the new Terminator movie. Lately, there has been a lot of speculation that he would have a small part in the next installment.

"Terminator 4" is starting preproduction without him, after the rights to the science fiction epic were purchased by The Halcyon Company. No other film has been more closely associated with Schwarzenegger than the Terminator character - his movie career went into overdrive after the first film in 1984.

"And people ask me all the time about, 'They just announced they're going to do another Terminator movie, Terminator 4. Don't you want to do that?  Don't you miss that?' " the governor said today. "And I always tell them no, I don't miss it at all, never think about it. I love my job, I love serving the people of California, it is the greatest thing I've ever done."

Well, he hasn't exactly left the Terminator series.

Later in the speech, he repeatedly used lines from the movie: "You know, last time I was here I said to all of you that, 'I'll be back,' and so it is so nice to be back here again." And: "But you know my opinion about job killing bills. I mean, that's what we have done for the three years, is we said hasta la vista, baby, to those bills. Exactly. And that's what we're going to do the next four years, terminate those bills."

And finally, at the end: " Thank you very much, and I'll be back."