Arnold Schwarzenegger says Sylvester Stallone spent years making more money than him, so he took a $30,000,000 role he didn’t even like just to finally beat him “I was getting a million dollars for Conan 2, this was 1983. Then I read, Sly just made a deal for $5 million for a movie. I said, what the hell?” “Eventually I got $10 million for Total Recall in ‘89. And Sly signed for $15 million. I’m like, Jesus Christ, I can’t catch up, there was always some number bigger than mine” “Eventually we both ended up at $20 million as our standard. Then I did Batman and Robin where I got $30 million, they really wanted me for the movie but I didn’t want to play the villain. They said, ‘$25 million is petty cash, what’s the matter with you guys?’” “So then, they call me back like a month later and they say we give you $30 million plus we give you points and back end and blah blah blah and I said, okay” “This was kind of my way to pay back for all the tortures over the years that he got more than I did”