Indeed, generosity — with both money and time — is one of Schwarzenegger’s most appealing qualities. Which makes his shadow side all the more puzzling, for this is also a man who stifles emotions, remains preoccupied with image and can be bluntly insensitive. “My relationship to power and authority is that I’m all for it,” he once explained. “People need somebody to watch over them…Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.”

The complete story is on Martha Bridegam’s Demisemiblog.