Definition of a chess player
"Everything Arnold does to advance himself (which is to say, everything Arnold does) is carefully thought through by an analytical mind that always looks many steps ahead and is acute and coldly realistic about the strengths and weaknesses of everybody in the game, himself included. "
--- quoting HENDRIK HERTZBERG from his article about Arnold in the New Yorker.
Right. Explain his choice to star in "Last Action Hero", "Junior" and "Jingle All the Way"?