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

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

- Simon Baker

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

- Simon Baker

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

- Simon Baker

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

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

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

- Simon Baker

I love con-men characters in film.

- Simon Baker

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

- Simon Baker

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

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

- Simon Baker

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

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

- Simon Baker

It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.

- Simon Baker

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

- Simon Baker

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

- Simon Baker

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

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

- Simon Baker

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

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

- Simon Baker