Simon Baker features in Stellar magazine. As a parent, you’ve got to encourage that.” She’s just a super, fantastic, bright girl, and she’s talented and passionate. “She’s going to want to find her own way, and she should. And I’m always going to be there if she wants to ask me. You go through that thing of, like, ‘Oh, you’re going into my profession.’ I know some of the pitfalls, but I also know some of the positive aspects of the business. “If she was that passionate about building houses, then I’d champion that as well. “I think any parent feels an incredible sense of relief and excitement about their child finding something they feel passionate about,” says Baker. Of her decision to follow their career path, Baker is pragmatic. Whether they intended to or not, Baker and Rigg have obviously rubbed off on their daughter Stella, who studies drama at prestigious Yale University. So, as a parent, I guess you want them to grow up feeling comfortable in who they are - and curious.” I think only they can find that in themselves. “But also, they have empathy and understanding and compassion. I’d rather that they feel safe, and they feel comfortable, and they feel grateful for the opportunities and possibilities in their life. “I’d rather have my kids have a belief in themselves, more than I have a belief in myself. When we were young: Baker and Tkautz in their E Street days. When it comes to setting a good example, Baker says he tries to maintain an awareness of his limitations: “In a lot of ways, it’s not like, ‘Hey, watch what I do, and do what I do, the way I do it!’ Because I’m imperfect, you know? And when I say ‘there’, I mean in a way where you allow them to be themselves, and you let them know, and you make them aware that you love them, right?” “There are times when you do it, when you’re successful, and there are times when you’re not. “It’s not easy being a parent,” he tells Stellar. He is a devoted dad, but Baker does not pretend that fatherhood is a breeze. He has previously said one of the main reasons he chose television over film is to stay close to his kin - he and Rigg also have sons Claude, 18, and Harry, 15 - as opposed to flying to film sets around the world. That makes him so special.”īaker’s family has also been key to his rise, providing support and motivation since he arrived in LA with wife Rebecca Rigg (a fellow actor he met on the set of E Street) and their daughter Stella, now aged 24. His talent, for me, is secondary to who he is as a person. He has a smile that can light up a room, he is a beautiful human being - he was back then, and I’m sure he is now. Simon is the kind of guy who was destined to greatness. “He would have succeeded at anything he put his mind to. “I wasn’t surprised in any way at his success,” Tkautz tells Stellar. The Real Housewives Of Sydney’s Melissa Tkautz, who starred alongside Baker on E Street, has fond memories of their start in the industry, which also saw Baker appearing in the film clip for her hit 1991 song “Read My Lips”. I’m comfortable with that.”īaker with co-star Robin Tunney in a scene from The Mentalist. “I also just like wearing a wetsuit and board shorts. “I like wearing a suit,” he tells Stellar. Along with his signature curly blond hair and a light dusting of stubble, the elements combine to convey the look (and attitude) of a dapper businessman who surfs in his spare time.īaker does not argue with the assessment. Wearing a slim-fitting grey suit, tortoiseshell glasses and a chunky silver Longines watch (for the past five years, he has been a brand ambassador), he flashes that notorious smile, the one that causes his blue eyes to both sparkle and crinkle. Inside, Baker seems blithely unaware of the effect he has - or, if he is aware, he is very good at using his self-deprecating Australian charm as a shield. A large throng of rubberneckers has gathered outside the Longines boutique on London’s busy Oxford Street, having seen him duck in one gets the feeling that, like a modern-day Pied Piper, they’d follow him anywhere. IF SIMON Baker decided to undergo a radical career change, he might do well as a cult leader.
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