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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.

- Simon Baker

Play, Role, Almost, Different Roles

I don't use deodorant. If you drink enough water, you shouldn't have to. I think I smell pretty good without it.

- Simon Baker

Think, Pretty, I Think, Deodorant

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.

- Simon Baker

Big, Like, Films, Alan

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.

- Simon Baker

Palm, Had, Reader, Strains

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.

- Simon Baker

Chips, Leverage, Guy, Table

I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.

- Simon Baker

Love, Need, Some, Bored

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

- Simon Baker

Arrogance, Think, Arrogant, French

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

- Simon Baker

Themselves, Without, French

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

- Simon Baker

Better, Better Place, Than, Visit

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

- Simon Baker

Bad, Shelter, Putting, Bad Example

I cut my own hair most of the time. You just do it all by feel.

- Simon Baker

Own, My Own, Cut, Just Do It

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

- Simon Baker

Doing, Pretty, Feels, Constructive

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.

- Simon Baker

Voice, Think, A Good Thing, Stand Up

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.

- Simon Baker

TV, Films, TV Show, Connections

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

- Simon Baker

Work, Goes, Lot, Enjoyable

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.

- Simon Baker

Work, Doing, Television, Grind

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.

- Simon Baker

Think, I Think, Lenses, Medium

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

- Simon Baker

Once, TV, TV Show, Crapshoot

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

- Simon Baker

Think, Pretty, I Think, Well-Rounded

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

- Simon Baker

Kid, Always, Performer, Clown

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

- Simon Baker

Life, My Life, Pretty, Hectic

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

- Simon Baker

Outside, Before, TV, Network

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

- Simon Baker

Love, Same, Would, Equate

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

- Simon Baker

Friends, Lot, Australian

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.

- Simon Baker

Rebel, Think, I Think, Talked

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

- Simon Baker

Work, Old, Straightforward, Beats

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

- Simon Baker

I Am, Very, Direct, Disagree

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

- Simon Baker

How, Only, Tells, Shot

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

- Simon Baker

Like, Stuff, Fancy

I've always been a shy person.

- Simon Baker

Person, Always, Been, Shy

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