Schwarzenegger Admits He 'Did Inhale'

Despite his political aspirations, Arnold Schwarzenegger has told the director of the documentary that launched his career to not delete scenes that might damage his future career.

A new, digitally-enhanced version of George Butler's acclaimed 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron," with added features, is being released this week. The film followed a then mostly-unknown Austrian-born Schwarzenegger as he prepared to defend his Mr. Olympia title and featured the bodybuilder smoking a marijuana joint and telling the camera stories about his life that have since been proven untrue.

"I would refuse to wipe out that record or change it or alter it because of image's sake," Schwarzenegger told the Associated Press. "That would not be true to the filmmaker."

In the film, Schwarzenegger tells a reporter that he didn’t go to his father’s funeral because he couldn’t miss a competition. The actor admits today that that was a lie.

"The way to get headlines, to promote the sport, was to make outrageous statements," he explains.

As for the joint he smokes in the film; "I did smoke a joint and I did inhale," he says. "The bottom line is that's what it was in the '70s, that's what I did. I have never touched it since."

After winning the competition Schwarzenegger turned his attention towards acting, starring in action films "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator." Today at 55, he’s working on the third installment of "The Terminator," titled "T3: Rise of the Machines."

"I lived a certain life, I want everyone to know that's the life I lived. As you grow up and as you become more mature, those things change," he says. "The only one that's perfect is God."