Simon Baker Quotes
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A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.
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I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.
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I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.
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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.
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The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.
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It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.
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The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.
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In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.
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I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.
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I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.
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I love con-men characters in film.
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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.
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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.
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As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.
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I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.
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I've always been a shy person.
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I cut my own hair most of the time. You just do it all by feel.
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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.
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I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.
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French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.
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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.
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In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnate.
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L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.