New Article/Interview for the Courier Mail - Crime pays for cool Baker:

 

Excerpt:

SIMON BAKER has never been one to bask in life in the public eye. He can be intensely private and less than overjoyed at the prospect of subjecting himself to the prying questions of the media.

Watching him in action on the Los Angeles set of The Mentalist, you can't help but wonder what mood he'll be in when he breaks from filming for an interview.

 

It turns out he's far from resistant to questions about his life on and off the screen and is disarmingly honest about what's important in life and his rise to fame - he has become the highest-paid drama star in the US, with a recently inked deal said to be worth $30 million.