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
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.
guy firsts kind
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.
shoes proud ifs
If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.
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.
beach book surfing
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.