Simon Baker Quotes

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

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

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

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.

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

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

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I've always been a shy person.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I do like comic book movies, but only the ones that I read as a kid.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I love con-men characters in film.

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

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.

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

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.

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

I was probably not the first to lose my virginity among my friends. I was definitely one of the last ones to reach puberty - I didn't grow until the last couple years of high school.