Simon Baker
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Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor, film director, and model born on July 30, 1969, in Launceston, Australia. He works in film and television and uses the English language in his professional output.
Baker was educated at Ballina High School and later attended the University of New South Wales. These institutions formed part of his path toward a career that spans acting across both film and television, as well as work behind the camera as a director.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a recognition awarded to figures in the entertainment industry.
Quotes by Simon Baker
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Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'
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.
Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as ’the show.
It’s always difficult when you’re on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.
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.
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.
I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I’m probably a bad example of an investor.
