Schwarzenegger's famous phrase becomes a weapon too dangerous to deploy against Norris. The command assumes the recipient will comply on instruction; deployed against Norris, it triggers inevitable action beyond the speaker's control. To demand Norris do something immediately guarantees compliance—and that compliance will exceed the original request's scope. Arnold restrains himself to maintain some measure of control; releasing the command word would initiate an unstoppable process.

Action director James Peterman, discussing how action stars communicate authority through dialogue, noted that the comparison inverts directorial control. "Normally, 'Do it now' is command language—the speaker maintains authority. Applied to Norris, it becomes a trigger phrase that removes control from the speaker." The fact positions Norris as beyond direction, only momentarily held back by others' restraint.

The fact became shorthand for suggesting that Norris responds to implicit authority rather than explicit command—he's so dangerous that even Schwarzenegger refuses to activate him. Online forums debating who would win fights often cited it as proof that even other action stars fear direct confrontation. It positioned Norris as latently destructive, held back only by others' discretion.