Simon Baker famous quotes

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Want #Scripts #Firsts

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

#Stories #Shots #Wells

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.
-- Simon Baker

#Gardening #Feels #Constructive

Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most poker chips on the table has more leverage than everyone else. He can eventually outbluff everyone else and outraise everyone else at the table. That's what has happened and it needs to be corrected.
-- Simon Baker

#Guy #Needs #Tables

In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.
-- Simon Baker

#Steps #Tvs #Boxes

In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnate.
-- Simon Baker

#Couple #Problem

I've always been a shy person.
-- Simon Baker

#Shy #Persons

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Men #Views #President

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

#Successful

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.
-- Simon Baker

#Believe #Kids #Hard Work

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

#Couple #Years #Difficult

L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.
-- Simon Baker

#Places To Live

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

#Kids #Thinking #Hills

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.
-- Simon Baker

#Life Is #Hectic

The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.
-- Simon Baker

#Thinking #Arrogance #Arrogant

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.
-- Simon Baker

#Enjoyable

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Thinking #Editing #Important

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Country #Believe #Broken

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Television #Sometimes #Grind

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Wall #Thinking #Voice

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

#Kids #Thinking #Citizens

I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.
-- Simon Baker

#Bored #Challenges #Needs

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Character #Play #Way

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Growing Up #Ocean #Space

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

#Shoes #Proud #Be Proud

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

#Cutting #Hair #Feels

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

#Thinking #Smell #Water

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Kindness #Differences #People

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.
-- Simon Baker

#Kids #Clown #Performers

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

#Tv Shows #Tvs #Shows

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.
-- Simon Baker

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.
-- Simon Baker

#Direct #Disagree

I do have a lot of Australian friends.
-- Simon Baker

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.
-- Simon Baker

#Fancy #Stuff

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.
-- Simon Baker

#Kids #Thinking #Ideas

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

#Example #Shelter #Investors

I love con-men characters in film.
-- Simon Baker

#Character #Men #Film

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.
-- Simon Baker

#Tv Shows #Tvs #Connections