He followed his dreams from Austria to America, to become one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.

And on Thanksgiving, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 67, wanted to let his fans know just how thankful he is for his fame and fortune.

In a hilarious video from the actor - who became the Governor of California in 2003 - Arnie made a passionate speech about living in 'the land of opportunity'.

Watch the video here...

The clip starts with Arnold in his kitchen shoving a knife into his turkey, and quipping 'stick around!' before getting serious.

'It is time to say thank you to America,' he said. 'Thank you for being the land of opportunity. Thank you for giving me everything that I have.'

'Whether it's my movie career, my body building career, my political career, the money that I made, my family, everything! ...is because of America. So thank you.'

Boss: Arnold began by shoving a knife into his turkey, then told the bird to 'stick around'

Arnie's kitchen: The Austrian movie star gave his Thanksgiving message to his fans on Facebook

It certainly wasn't an easy road for Arnold, whose father Gustav - an alcoholic police officer - had ridiculed his dreams of becoming a star.

But undeterred, he continued with his bodybuilding career, and was discovered by Joe Weider, from the International Federation of Body Building.

Weider's encouragement led to Arnold winning an unprecedented five Mr. Universe titles, during which time he immigrated to America in 1968.

I'll be back? Hopefully Arnie - seen here in the 1984 classic The Terminator - will give out a Thanksgiving speech every year from now on

And after getting a Golden Globe Award for Best Newcomer for the 1976 movie Stay Hungry, the budding actor never looked back.

Hopefully - much like Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas speech - Arnold's Thanksgiving message will become an institution.

Although sadly, he did not end the video saying, 'I'll be back'.

Putting in the heard work: The 67-year-old movie star immigrated to America from Austria in 1968