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Simon News, Articles, Info - Part 1
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| syriana13 |
Date: Saturday, 01-Feb-14, 1:33 PM | Message # 1336 |
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Quote Evy (  ) Nice, thanks syriana.
(I've added a carriage return between each of the pics so they fit the forum space better )
Thank you Fran
 I didn't know how to fix it 
Quote syriana13 ( ) Thank you so much Syriana ! great pics ! Simon is beautiful as usual and (it's unusual) wears patent leather shoes !!
Welcome Evy 
I also love his suit  |
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| Tassie |
Date: Saturday, 01-Feb-14, 7:13 PM | Message # 1337 |
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Simon looks relaxed and happy-thanks for lovely pics syriana. |
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| Mossibecca |
Date: Saturday, 01-Feb-14, 9:01 PM | Message # 1338 |
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Great photos, thank you |
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| KathyF |
Date: Saturday, 01-Feb-14, 11:25 PM | Message # 1339 |
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Just can't get enough Simon!  |
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| Ivana |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 11:52 AM | Message # 1340 |
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New french article
http://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebri....-685382 |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 3:45 PM | Message # 1341 |
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Here is the translation:
The confidences of Simon Baker
Simon Baker , the hero of the series " The Mentalist " , turns to be impulsive and optimistic
By Astrid Taupin
"I do not know anything about fashion "
Hero of the cult series The Mentalist, the Australian actor embodies "Gentlemen Only", the new fragrance from Givenchy. Let's slip in the wake of this shy man.
Madame Figaro. - Your main character trait ?
Simon Baker: I am always optimistic.
The one you are least proud of?
The need to win. In me, it's a survival instinct. My father and brother are great athletes, we have always had this fierce determination to surpass ourselves. I think I gave it to my two boys.
What do you hate in others?
Dishonesty makes me crazy.
If you could change something about you ?
I would be a little less impulsive.
Your thing against stress?
Doing sport, jogging, surfing... And drink a good beer.
Your green gesture?
The most obvious thing to me is to fight excessive consumption. I only buy what I really need.
The most successful thing that you ever did?
My three children, a girl and two boys, aged between 20 and 12 years.
What kind of father are you?
I encourage them very much in what they like to do, to take risks to go through their passion.
Your hero?
Many have influenced me during my life, but the one that remains the greatest to me was my agent in Australia. He died from a galloping cancer. He was thirteen years older than me. He was my best friend, he was my best man at my wedding. He had all the qualities a man can have. I miss him terribly.
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| bee |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 3:59 PM | Message # 1342 |
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Many thanks Ivana and for the translation DS Pallas....lovely article. The remark about his hero, his agent and best friend who died of cancer, I found very touching. I'm sure he would have been very proud of Simon and what he has achieved personally and professionally. |
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| Evy |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 4:13 PM | Message # 1343 |
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Thank you to both.
Nothing we did not already know ! (even the remark about his best friend dead). Always the same things...
French magazines are good at making new with old informations ! Meh !........... 
Message edited by Evy - Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 4:19 PM |
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| Ivana |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 4:25 PM | Message # 1344 |
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Thank you DS_Pallas, for translation very much 
there is also a second page of that article
http://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebri....-685388 |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 4:31 PM | Message # 1345 |
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Thank you for the translation. I like this guy. |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Sunday, 02-Feb-14, 4:54 PM | Message # 1346 |
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Here it is (didn't seen itn thanks Ivana)
The confidences of Simon Baker - page 2
The three basics of your wardrobe?
In my closet, everything is blue. I pay particular attention to the choice of my jeans. Regardless of the brand, they should be comfortable. When I find a model that fits my criteria, I bought three pairs. The rest, I do not care.
A fashion you find annoying?
I do not know anything about fashion.
Class, what is it for you?
Being a gentleman. No matter what clothes you wear. Like style, it can not be bought.
The top of vulgarity?
Ignorance.
Your casting for an ideal dinner at your home?
There are many people I would like to have dinner with. But I am so shy that I would be afraid to feel out of place. Ultimately, the ideal dinner is with my bunch of friend,s with whom I can quietly have a drink, without fear of talking nonsense.
The gift you offer the most often?
Wine or Champagne.
What is Australian in you?
I know how to prepare a barbecue and I don't attach importance to social classes. The opposite of Americans.
The craziest thing you have done in your life?
Becoming an actor, that was not a given! I was born in Tasmania. Cinema was so far from my nest!
The place you love most in the world?
My house in Byron Bay, on the east coast of Australia.
Your obsession of the moment?
I do not have that kind of neurosis.
The sentence that unsettles you?
"Why didn't you do that? " It makes me feel sad, there is always a sense of regret in it.
Your "Proust madeleine"?
The smell of sunscreen. |
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| 258pce |
Date: Monday, 03-Feb-14, 0:56 AM | Message # 1347 |
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thanks for the article Ivana, and thanks for the translation, DS. Another small glimpse into a beautiful and talented human being.
I must say I prefer the new pics to his rain drenched original G promo pics. |
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| Tina |
Date: Monday, 03-Feb-14, 10:09 AM | Message # 1348 |
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Thank you so much for the article and the translation. I understand a little French, but not anything. |
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| Fran |
Date: Monday, 03-Feb-14, 11:50 AM | Message # 1349 |
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MAD STYLE @MADAMEFIG_style
En shooting avec Simon Baker (en @givenchy) à L.A. Une série mode signée Agnès Poulle. Bientôt dans @Madamefigaro !
https://twitter.com/MADAMEFIG_style/status/430270980103995392/photo/1
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| Mossibecca |
Date: Monday, 03-Feb-14, 4:48 PM | Message # 1350 |
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Thank you for the article, the translation and the picture....I know that we have heard some of this before, but I enjoy reading what an.....Ordinary guy he is....it is what makes him.....extra-ordinary!! I like how his hero is a real person, who he knew and tries to emulate, and not one of these 'so-called' heroes...sports men or other actors who are all 'public face'....the chap he refers to is unknown anywhere else....not a household name, but he obviously made quite an impression on Simon....and through his influence on Simon and the way that he tries to live up to the image in his head, I guess WE know him too. |
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