Getting up the noses of a handful of truly horrible misogynists.

That my son is kind and he loves David Bowie.

Now that I’m at this end of my career, I’m gobsmacked that I’ve managed to cling on for as long as I have.

Being able to paint the way I do.

My father would make sure that I knew what it meant. Just to give you an example, I started bodybuilding with the age of 15, and my father would say, why are you lifting these dumbbells and barbells? Don't you think it would be better to just go out and chop some wood and shovel some coal for some poor people that don't have anyone? Therefore you would get muscles. But at the same time, you're doing something useful. You're doing something for somebody rather than just for yourself and looking in a mirror at yourself and stuff like that. So he would make sure that you knew what being useful meant.

People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.

From a heart attack at the Kodak Theatre when they announce I won best actor for Terminator 3.

Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.

Well, maybe it was successful in the end. But, I mean, to get there - one of the things that I talk about is not to be afraid of failure because you're going to fail. And I was 19 years old. I was competing in the Mr. Universe contest, and I lost. I had movies that went in the toilet. I have had policy issues and referendums that went in front of the people that I lost. And, of course, in my personal life, you know, my marriage is a big loss. So there's a lot of losses and failures that I've had. And I think that it is important that we recognize that. But no matter what it is, I always had an exciting life and always chased something, and that made, to me, the whole thing worth it. I always felt I was enriched by the fact that I always knew where I was going. And then there were some things that were unexpected. Like, running for governor was something that kind of unfolded only because there was a recall election.

I think I value the same things everyone does—loyalty, a sense of humor, the ability to make campaign contributions.