Schwarzenegger wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he was
chosen to play the role of Hercules in 1970's Hercules in New York. Credited under the name "Arnold Strong,"
his accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production. His second film appearance was as
a deaf mute hit-man for the mob in director Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973), which was followed by a much
more significant part in the film Stay Hungry (1976), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe for New Male Star of
the Year. Schwarzenegger has discussed his early struggles in developing his acting career. "It was very difficult
for me in the beginning – I was told by agents and casting people that my body was 'too weird', that I had a funny accent,
and that my name was too long. You name it, and they told me I had to change it. Basically, everywhere I turned, I was told that I had no chance."
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