Simon Baker: I am working on two different projects, for different films I am going to direct, both in Australia.
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In those moments, and this happened to me more in a cinema, because there is more intimacy in a cinema then on a TV screen, it is comparatively more immersive, I thought, I like to be able to connect, through and with people, in that way.” I found that incredibly powerful, watching a person on a screen go through what they are going through, and this could speak to me in a really potent way. But when you are watching a film, you are experiencing the behaviour of that character, connecting with that character, in your own way. I remember specifically what it was, that was potent to me: that you could watch a film, and understand what a character was thinking, feeling, just through actions and behaviour, and not necessarily through dialogue, or being told, as when you read a story, it’s been told to you. Then when I first started seeing films, I thought, I like to do this. I guess unconsciously it grew, but also my relationship with my mother developed, in my early teens, with watching films. The good thing is that I understood the release of humour in those situations, and the importance of performance, to help get through certain situations. Simon Baker: “I think it was pretty early on, when I understood the notion of performance I grew up in a very idyllic place, but I didn’t grow up in the best family circumstances. In a way, I work back to that point, all the time.”Īt what moment in your life you thought, I want to be an actor? And I think that’s in all of us, innately. When I look at you, you look, I talk, you talk, you communicate, and there is an honest communication backwards and forwards, that’s simple, and as a human being, I can understand and relate to that, because that is just in me, innately. Because as a person I can feel comfortable and safe in that. My general approach is just to simplify everything back to just the basis of connection, whatever those connections are.
And I really just try to enjoy each of those moments. When I grew up, I didn’t have a dream this big. Every day I live in a situation which is almost surreal. Simon Baker: “No, because I never dreamt any of this… I am living so outside of that. Do not let any outside pressure come in.”Ĭan you say that you live the life that you dreamt of? Be more in the moment and just accepting that moment. Just let go of the guilt “I should rather be doing this or that”, and enjoy what you are doing there. So it is more about adjusting my own philosophical approach to the thing(s) which I am doing. So actually I want to do a thing which I enjoy and indeed feel the relaxing process of doing it. Then in hindsight you look back and you say to yourself, well what I did there was really great, but I was so tense and so anxious and uptight about it, that I didn’t enjoy what it was. You can do great things, but not enjoy what it is that you are doing, because of some other anxiety related to it. Simon Baker: “It is less about what it is that I want to do, it is more about how I am going to feel when I am doing it. So what do you dream of? Like what do you really want to do in the future? Simon Baker: “Can I have both… one makes the other even better, right?” Simon Baker: “Depends again on what I’m wearing, what I’ve done.” Adventure trip like Kenya or city trip? Simon Baker: “Hm…” Sneakers or classic shoes? Simon Baker: “Depending on what I’m feeling, at night, boxer shorts. Simon Baker: “I am not really a car person.” Boxer short or underpants? We asked Simon Baker to choose between : Ferrari or Porsche? It is less about time going by, it is more about the things you want to do…” It is not too bad yet, you know… but I feel some pains in different places, indicating that I did a bit too much in some instances. Because that’s getting a bit harder when you get older. Now I say to myself, I should have done more of that… at the time! They are mainly related to physical things.
Simon Baker: “Getting old you mean? Yes, there are things I could do when I was young(er). Simon Baker: “I have a drink of (plain) water. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
“Well, I’m sorry for mine,” Simon Baker replies. With a firm handshake and a broad smile, Simon Baker welcomes us in Barcelona.
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