Arnold Schwarzenegger Dishes On His Social Media Saavy Skills

At 67 years old, Arnold Schwarzenegger might be one of the few Hollywood stars who is up to date and well-versed with their social media accounts.

The Terminator: Genisys actor thinks there are a lot of uses for social media, such as raising funds for charity, and that is why he appreciates it.

"I think it's a very effective way of raising money. When you have a charity like this, or a program you're passionate about, the number one thing you work on is raising money, because there are experts who handle the organizational part," he told The Wrap.

Schwarzenegger has active accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Periscope, but he confessed that his favorite is Snapchat.

"It depends what it is for, but Snapchat has been one of the things that has been very good. Reddit too. After a screening of 'Maggie,' we did a selfie line where people who thought they'd never take a picture with me can now take a selfie with me," he shared. "I'm having a great time with social media. Some like it and some don't. I happen to like it."

In fact, even his children like that he's an active social media user. Schwarzenegger likes to think that he can encourage people his age to use it too, since they can get so many benefits out of it.

"A lot of people get encouraged by my age to join social media," he said. "They know I'm not a genius when it comes to all this technology, and they say, 'well if he can do it and he uses it, maybe we should do it too.'"

However, Schwarzenegger knows that there is a down side to social media too. More often than not, the message people want to get across somehow gets lost in translation. "The media is great - I'm a creation of the media - but the downside is that you can't always get the information out the way you want because they have their own idea of what they want to promote," he said.

Going back to charity, Schwarzenegger said that each celebrity has his or her own special way of doing it. He knows George Clooney has gone out to have dinner with somebody in order to raise money for charity. As for himself, he is proud to be an action star he drives his own American M47 tank, so he wants other people to enjoy that experience too.