Simon Baker Quotes

The first guy I really liked and was kind of obsessed with and had to seek out and find more of his films was Jean-Paul Belmondo. He was the main guy that I was obsessed with.

I don't use deodorant. If you drink enough water, you shouldn't have to. I think I smell pretty good without it.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

I'm a big fan of Alan J. Pakula's films like 'All the President's Men', 'The Parallax View,' and 'Klute.' I'm a big fan of those movies.

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.

I've seen the odd tarot reader and had my palm read in various countries and explained to me in many strains of broken English. Did I believe a word? To be honest, I didn't understand much, but I loved watching the presentation.

I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.

People talk about random acts of kindness, and that goes back to the measure of being gentlemanly again. It's about having consideration for others, and not expecting anything back. That's the difference.

I love con-men characters in film.

I cut my own hair most of the time. You just do it all by feel.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

I think most people can identify with the hierarchy of the workplace.

I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.

It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

I grew up surfing on the north coast of New South Wales, and on most of the beaches, women never wore tops. When we were 10 or 11, me and my mates couldn't drive, so they'd take us surfing and then sit on the beach topless and read a book. I don't know if I quite saw them sexually, but there was physical intrigue.

There's more of a family connection when you're working on a TV show. That's not to say that you don't make great connections when you're working on films, but it's different unless you're there working every day.

I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.