Simon Baker Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I love con-men characters in film.

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

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

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

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

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

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

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

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

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

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

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

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.

I've always been a shy person.

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