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.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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'Outlander' is progressive in the way it looks at women.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
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I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.
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I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional.
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At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of the past are still clearly polished, and I can yet recall not just an abiding sense of place, but the keen smells, the sensory responses to the events of that past.
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The baby boom is about to become a patient boom.
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Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions.
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Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
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My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system.
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different.
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The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film; it's the character and whether I want to tell her story.
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The sheer density of advertising creates a psychic mass, an overlay that can sometimes be very tense or aggressive. As a citizen, you have to participate in that every day. You have to walk by until it's changed.
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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.
