Simon Baker Quotes
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I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.
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If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.
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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.
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I grew up surfing on the north coast of New South Wales, and on most of the beaches, women never wore tops. When we were 10 or 11, me and my mates couldn't drive, so they'd take us surfing and then sit on the beach topless and read a book. I don't know if I quite saw them sexually, but there was physical intrigue.
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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.
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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.
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I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.
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I think most people can identify with the hierarchy of the workplace.
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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.
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I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.
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I don't use deodorant. If you drink enough water, you shouldn't have to. I think I smell pretty good without it.
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Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.
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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.
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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.
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I do like comic book movies, but only the ones that I read as a kid.
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I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.