--- description: "I am honored that my silly smile in Terminator made you smile" title: Arnold Schwarzenegger Writes Sweet Letter to Fan's Sick Dad image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f96ad003b5c1173/69885992f887dc83ebe91391/schwarzenegger.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arnold Schwarzenegger Writes Sweet Letter to a Fan's Sick Dad Who Loved _Terminator Genisys_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2015 3:48 PM CUT  attends the Seoul premiere for "Terminator Genisys" on July 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. attends the Seoul premiere for "Terminator Genisys" on July 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.Han Myung-Gu—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2015 3:48 PM CUT For one Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, the new _Terminator Genisys_ provided exactly the kind of [movie magic](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/arnold-schwarzenegger-pens-touching-letter-806664 "undefined") he needed to get his sick father to smile again. Reddit user bizzyjay [posted about how he got his dad to watch a movie](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VLpJQnQDj1cJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3bu70z/watching%5Fterminator%5Fgenesys%5Fwith%5Fmy%5Ffather%5Fsome/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us "undefined") despite recent serious mental health issues that made the 72-year-old irritable, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The two had a tradition of watching _Terminator_ movies together, and when they saw the latest installment, he said his father smiled for the first time in months. Schwarzenegger, who is [known for being active on Reddit](http://www.businessinsider.com/why-arnold-schwarzenegger-loves-reddit-2015-6 "undefined"), responded to the post himself, saying, “This is so touching. Thank you for sharing. I’d like to say ‘this is why I do this’ but you should know it was you who made your father smile.” He then posted a handwritten note to the father, writing, “I am honored that my silly smile in _Terminator_ made you smile, but I hope you find real joy and strength in what a wonderful child you have brought into this world and raised.” He signed the note “Arnold” with a heart. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/arnold-schwarzenegger-pens-touching-letter-806664 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/"},"headline":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Writes Sweet Letter to a Fan's Sick Dad Who Loved Terminator Genisys","datePublished":"2015-07-03T15:48:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:57:30.088Z","description":"\"I am honored that my silly smile in Terminator made you smile\"","url":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/","keywords":["celebrities","Arnold Schwarzenegger"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f96ad003b5c1173/69885992f887dc83ebe91391/schwarzenegger.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f96ad003b5c1173/69885992f887dc83ebe91391/schwarzenegger.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"schwarzenegger","caption":"attends the Seoul premiere for \"Terminator Genisys\" on July 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.","creditText":"Han Myung-Gu—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/","name":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Writes Sweet Letter to a Fan's Sick Dad Who Loved Terminator Genisys"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Arnold Schwarzenegger","description":"The former California governor talks about his latest film, being an aging action star, and how he handles fear.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sm2XELNC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-01-09T22:42:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sm2XELNC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/","duration":"PT4M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945604/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-letter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```