Simon Baker
Simon Baker
Simon Bakeris an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead roles in the CBS television series The Mentalistand The Guardian...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth30 July 1969
CityLaunceston, Australia
CountryAustralia
character men film
I love con-men characters in film.
bored challenges needs
I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.
wall thinking voice
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.
kids thinking citizens
I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.
television sometimes grind
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.
country believe broken
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.
thinking editing important
For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.
character play roles
When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost like playing five different roles.
shy persons shy-person
I've always been a shy person.
men views president
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.
fantasy kind mummy
I've always been really drawn to that kind of sexual earthiness in European women, and Sophia Loren covered all the bases, including the whole mummy fantasy.
successful
I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.
believe kids hard-work
I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.
cutting hair feels
I cut my own hair most of the time. You just do it all by feel.