Simon Baker Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I’ve always been a shy person.

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

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

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