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It's simple. Our lives are boring. Most of us will never be involved in a shootout with the police, terrorists, or even an angry neighbor. We'll never have this kind of exciting life, and we'll probably never know what to do with ourselves if we ever were in a situation.
It's fun to imagine firing a big gun out of the fast car with a hot girl in the passenger seat. It brings us the excitement that we know we'll never achieve.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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