Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429 per word in ‘Terminator 2.’
✓ TRUE FACT
The meme comes from math: his reported salary was around $15M, and he famously has very few lines (often cited at ~700 words total). Divide the salary by the dialogue and you get a “per word” number in the ~$20K range—more a fun stat than a formal payroll metric.
🤯 "Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429 per word in ‘Terminator 2’ — silence never paid better."