(on maintaining an American accent) Simon Baker: It's a bit tricky. You have to keep on top of the accent. Sometimes you can slip back. What happens is you develop quite a good ear for yourself. I can hear when it's flat. But it's not easy. It's not necessarily a technical problem, it's trying to act at the same time, to make it be truthful and honest and come from deep within you, and come out of your mouth in a different way.
(on his character in the Tv series "
(on the Aussie way) Simon Baker: I love the stoic nature. Growing up in Australia, I saw so many of those people. You watch a football game in Australia and someone scores a try under the post and you don't see too much self-congratulatory behaviour. It's sort of, well, OK, put your head down, try not to smile. You're playing pool and you sink the black after sinking seven balls, and the other guy hasn't sunk a ball yet, and you put the black down with a tremendous shot, you don't go 'Yeah!' and Tom Cruise-ify it. That, to me, is interesting. I think
Simon Baker: I've never, ever looked at this like, 'I'm on a hit TV series in America: I've made it.' I've never approached it like that. For me it's always been about the personal fulfilment in what I'm doing at the time.
Simon Baker: I miss meat pies – they don't have them in LA. Actually, all I think about the whole time I'm in America is what I'm missing out on in Australia.
Simon Baker: 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.
In 1991, he was listed as one of the "50 coolest guys around" by Dolly magazine.
He began surfing at age 8.
In 1972, his family moved from Launceston, Tasmania to New Guinea, in north of Australia, in search of higher salaries.
He played with his wife on E Street in 1989.
After the divorce of his parents, his mother married a butcher named Tom Denny.
In 1999, he returned to Sydney, Australia to work on the telemovie Secret Men's Business (1999).
He received a Logie award in 1992 for "Most Popular New Talent". The Logie Awards are the Australian version of the Emmy's in the United States.
His mother was a teacher and his father, Barry Baker, was a school caretaker.
(2006) When he is not in California working on the series
His son Harry is born the 19 September 2001. He is his third child.
His astrological sign is Leo.
He was named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in 2005
He was one of the singers/dancers in the Autralian band Euphoria's video clip "Love you right" in 1992.
As a teen, he competed on a state level in surfing and water polo.
He was nominated for the Golden Globe for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama" in 2002 for the television series
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