Patrick Schwarzenegger opens up about some of the most meaningful items in his life, from family memories to sentimental keepsakes. He reveals a special signed photo from his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, taken behind the scenes of 'Terminator,' with a touching message: “To Patrick, Merry Christmas, Love Daddy.” Patrick also shares a thoughtful wrap gift he gave to the cast of 'The White Lotus'—a custom caricature tee inspired by their time in Thailand—and a collection of leather-bound scripts from his mother, a true keepsake from his acting career.
Among his most cherished possessions, Patrick also shows a rare family photo of his grandmother and great-uncle, John F. Kennedy, with JFK reading Nixon's concession speech. It’s a powerful piece of family history. Additionally, he shares a beautiful deck of cards designed by his fiancée, Abby Champion, featuring their engagement photo and handwritten notes of things she loves about him. With a mix of family, love, and career milestones, Patrick offers a rare, personal look at the treasures that have shaped his life and career.
Among his most cherished possessions, Patrick also shows a rare family photo of his grandmother and great-uncle, John F. Kennedy, with JFK reading Nixon's concession speech. It’s a powerful piece of family history. Additionally, he shares a beautiful deck of cards designed by his fiancée, Abby Champion, featuring their engagement photo and handwritten notes of things she loves about him. With a mix of family, love, and career milestones, Patrick offers a rare, personal look at the treasures that have shaped his life and career.
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00:00My parents asked me what they wanted to get me for Christmas.
00:04And this was a photograph behind the scenes of Terminator.
00:07They just wrote me that, Merry Christmas.
00:10And it's such a weird thing to see your parents in this kind of different way.
00:15Hi, I'm Patrick Schwarzenegger.
00:16And right behind me are some of my most prized possessions.
00:24Since I just got back from Thailand, we were filming The White Lotus there.
00:29This was my wrap gift that I gave the whole cast and the whole crew.
00:34So these are hard to come by.
00:36So it has the big white lotus,
00:38some features of Thailand with the palm trees and the beach in the front.
00:41Since we were there for six and a half, almost seven months,
00:44I wanted to kind of gift something for everyone that they could keep.
00:49This is the shirt I think I'll have forever.
00:51It'll be a cool pass me down to my kids one day.
00:54Next up is another something from a film of mine.
00:59A ticket to the premiere of Midnight Sun with Bella Thorne.
01:03And this was my first real movie.
01:07Such a surreal kind of moment of entering into this kind of film business.
01:12I do remember what I wore to that premiere.
01:14I wore a blue, dark blue suit with a white collared shirt and white sneakers.
01:20Was it Jojen Avo?
01:22It was, right?
01:23That's what I thought.
01:24That was the brand.
01:25And I remember that because I was like, I'd never heard of this brand.
01:28And it was so beautiful.
01:29And I wanted to keep it.
01:30This is the party pass for the after party.
01:32And these were the two tickets I had.
01:35I don't know.
01:36It's just really cool to have.
01:37And I feel like one day looking back once again,
01:40showing my kids or something like that.
01:42It's a cool memorabilia piece to have.
01:45And I'll always remember my first movie premiere.
01:49Next is, let me see if I can grab all of them here.
01:53These are a gift that my mom continues to give to me for my birthday each and every year.
02:00I thought it was such a cool and unique birthday gift and just gift in general.
02:06And it's every project that I've done,
02:08all of their scripts put into these kind of beautiful leather books.
02:14American Sports Story, Gladiator, which just came out.
02:16The Terminal List.
02:18Daniel Isn't Real, which is a psychological thriller I did a couple years ago.
02:22The Staircase, which was an HBO show.
02:25Varsity, which was actually called Gen V, which is part of the Boys Universe.
02:30We don't have The White Lotus yet because they have not given me permission to have that script.
02:35They don't trust me with it.
02:36Echo Boomers.
02:37And then Moxie, which was a Netflix movie I did with Amy Poehler.
02:41So they're not my personal scripts.
02:44Probably for the best because of the amount of stuff that gets
02:48written up on it and sharpied and highlighted.
02:50It would be totally messy.
02:51Then all the coffee I spill on it, all the food stains, etc.
02:54My next goal is to get all of the directors, the writers, the producers,
03:00and the actors to eventually sign the inside of all these different scripts.
03:05There was some other actor, I think it was De Niro, that
03:09got all the cast and crew to sign the script when he was done filming a project.
03:14Eventually, that is something that I want to do.
03:16But I thought that this is such a great gift, something that's so unique.
03:19And then, yeah, it has my little initials down here.
03:21Patrick Arnold Schwarzenegger, P.A.S.
03:24Kind of a cool thing to have around the house and as a gift.
03:29We'll go to this deck of cards here.
03:31This is something that my fiancee got for me.
03:34The photo is the photo right after we got engaged.
03:38It was like 6.30 in the morning down at the beach.
03:41And then what she did was she wrote on each card that she got made
03:45different things that she loves about me.
03:49So I promised her that I wouldn't read them.
03:52But the first one, I'll read this one because it's right.
03:54This is the first one.
03:54It just says that I love that we've grown up together.
03:58This is for the last 10 years that we've done.
04:00So we've been together for 10 years.
04:02From when she graduated high school, I was still in college.
04:05So this says to the next 10 years.
04:08And yeah, it gets me emotional thinking about it.
04:11But it's just something I keep by my bedside.
04:14I've only had for a year now since we've only been engaged a year.
04:17Just kind of a little piece of our relationship that's sweet to have.
04:21What's my favorite thing about Abby?
04:25It's probably her competitiveness.
04:28Something that's very unique about her that not everybody would think about
04:32is the second you get her on the pickleball court or cake making competition or whatever it is,
04:39that sucker is competitive and will do anything it takes to win.
04:42So yeah, I mean, there's so much to love.
04:44We'll go to another non-film thing here.
04:48This is pretty cool.
04:51This is a kind of a historical picture.
04:54I think my grandmother originally gave it to my mother, who then gave it to me.
04:59My grandmother's right here.
05:01This is my great uncle, JFK.
05:03And the transcribe below says Hyannisport, Massachusetts, November 11th, 1960.
05:11JFK reads Nixon's telegram of his concession for the United States president.
05:18I mean, it's pretty historical.
05:19It's a really just great piece of history and something that's in our family.
05:25And I mean, it's just such a different time of, I mean, obviously today,
05:28you know, the president, you know, receives a call from the opponent.
05:32And this is a telegram.
05:33I thought it's such a beautiful and such a cool photo and piece of history.
05:36And with my grandmother right there in the corner,
05:38I love black and whites.
05:40And this is just one of my most prized possessions and photographs that I have in my house.
05:45Okay.
05:46Since we're still on the photograph train, I thought I'd show this one.
05:50As I was saying, I collect black and white photos.
05:53And a couple of years ago, my parents asked me what they wanted to get me for Christmas.
05:58And this was a photograph behind the scenes of Terminator of both of them.
06:03And I just thought it was such a cool photo.
06:06It was in the tunnel.
06:07And he's on his bike from Terminator.
06:09He's got the leather jacket on and everything.
06:10And Maria looks like a freaking model and all-star right there as well.
06:15They just wrote me that Merry Christmas.
06:18And it's awesome.
06:20It's such a weird thing to see your parents in this kind of different way.
06:25But I love that it was just kind of this off the set moment
06:28where they both just looked so cool and unique.
06:32And I just thought it was such a beautiful black and white photo.
06:34And I would collect it even if it wasn't my parents.
06:37This is just another artifact that I stole from the set of White Lotus.
06:42Here's my character, Saxon.
06:44I don't think anybody knows that.
06:45I hope this video comes out whenever the show is out
06:48or else I'm going to get a call from HBO.
06:50But I just took this off the back of the chair.
06:52I stole a hat.
06:53I stole, I think, a bathrobe.
06:56Other things from the White Lotus spa that had the different logo on it.
07:00And I always try to take a bunch of different things from the set.
07:04So this was one of the things from the back of my chair.
07:08What would Saxon's most prized possession be?
07:11He is a materialistic guy.
07:13So it would have been some sort of item that he brought.
07:16I can't give away too much detail.
07:18So you'll have to find out.
07:19This is a mosh bar.
07:21This is a kind of a company.
07:24It's a mission-driven company that I started with my mom.
07:28It's a company that aims to educate people
07:30about the importance of brain health and body health.
07:32My grandfather passed away from Alzheimer's.
07:35And my mom has really dedicated her life towards Alzheimer's research
07:39and brain health research.
07:40And she started the women's Alzheimer's movement.
07:42She has the largest brain health institute
07:44with the Cleveland Clinic in Northern America.
07:47Through her research, she found that diet
07:49was one of the largest impacts towards brain health.
07:52I'm a food fanatic.
07:54And I'm also a healthy snacks fanatic.
07:56But what was really her idea to create a business
07:58that was kind of around the Paul Newman model
08:01that she create a bunch of different product lines
08:03that raised money, that educated consumers.
08:06It's my mom's initials.
08:07It's Maria Owing Shriver Health.
08:09It's been a very rewarding journey for me
08:12to be able to work with my mom,
08:13create a business that's mission-driven,
08:15that hopefully will be a B Corp
08:16that just has such a large impact in the world,
08:19just a way for other new entrepreneurs
08:21to look up to how you can do business
08:23and not only a capitalistic for-profit only business,
08:27but something that gives back and has greater meaning.
08:30This one is peanut butter chocolate.
08:31It is good.
08:32This was a necklace that I bought for myself as a gift.
08:36I don't have many fancy items
08:38or things that I've got for myself.
08:40My dad was the one that told me to go and do it.
08:46He loves to go and buy himself gifts.
08:49And he likes to do it because he likes to associate
08:53a kind of a moment in his life
08:55that he defined as super successful,
08:58something that he had worked hard towards.
09:00And he kind of would buy himself something
09:02that would always remind him of that time period.
09:05This was kind of the first big purchase I made.
09:08I bought this right after I finished filming the staircase.
09:10I had all of my different siblings' birthstones on it.
09:13And then it kind of just turned into something
09:15that was fun and beautiful looking.
09:18I tend to wear it all the time, so.
09:20Okay, last but not least,
09:22I've got this jacket that was right behind me
09:25that I honestly forgot about.
09:26This was a jacket that my dad gave to me from True Lies.
09:31I don't know.
09:31I just think it's really cool.
09:33He is someone that buys gifts for the whole cast
09:37and the whole crew after every single project that he does.
09:40Kind of a vintage jacket, if you will.
09:44And has the kind of the True Lies logo here
09:47and some other logos on the side from the film.
09:50It's one of my favorite films of his.
09:52I'm a big James Cameron fan.
09:54I love these kind of old jackets and old shirts
09:57from his filming days and from when he was governor.
09:59I have all these merchandise from his,
10:02the joint Arnold headquarters,
10:03from hats to jackets to all these different things.
10:06I love to kind of collect them.
10:07And I feel like, you know, now the vintage thing is all in.
10:11I need to find a way to get ahold of his old scripts
10:15or something like that as well.
10:16I think that would be a cool item.
10:18So yeah, these are some of the things
10:21that are part of my prized possessions.
10:23Things that I really care about.
10:24Things that I love that all have meaning to me.
10:27As I talked about, White Lotus is now coming out.
10:30So please go and check it out.
10:31Go watch it.
10:33It is hilarious.
10:34It is so insane and crazy.
10:37And it is just, you guys will love it.