The facts are this:
Most of the world thinks that people the size of bodybuilders are scary. Arnold became an actor and gradually lost some of his size and then he was taken seriously as an action hero. Even during Conan he was too big to be taken seriously. For those of you who saw melvin's dating video, he was way too big to be considered anything but a freak to non bodybuilding fans. If he lost even 1/4 of his size he would still be huge, no jay culter, but still very fit and no longer freaky, he could be a crossover to movies and national fitness. Who are those huge guys in all the eddie murphy movies? they're huge enough to fit the "muscular guy" roles, but probably wouldn't place at the arnold classic. The point is this, Melvin's not going to win the O anytime soon, he might as well be kinder to his body and make more money too.