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| redbird |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 4:11 PM | Message # 91 |
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Juney: I don't think Simon has to worry about working to earn a living ever again. He was one of the top earning actors on TV during the 7 years that TM was on the air. According to Forbes, he made $11 million dollars just in 2014 alone from his TM salary and his endorsements. He's now at a point in his career that he only has to do work that he wants to do and if he doesn't want to work for a couple of years, he doesn't need to. That's a nice place to be in life.
He's got more than enough money to pay for college for the boys. |
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| Juney |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 4:34 PM | Message # 92 |
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I guess your right redbird. I just hope that he doesn't just disappear from our lives like so many 'stars' do when their long running series finish. |
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| redbird |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 5:34 PM | Message # 93 |
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He's just not the guy that has to take whatever roles he's offered because he has a wife and kids to support anymore. He's a huge star now all over the world and he's made the kind of money usually associated with a star. His days of having to worry about how to pay the mortgage are over.
I think we'll see him periodically for the next 5 years - that would be when Harry goes off to college - whenever he has a movie coming out but after that, unfortunately, I don't think we'll see much of him again. I have a feeling that once the last kid has left the nest, he and Rebecca will spend their time traveling the world and trying to be a private couple. As sad as it is to think about, I don't think we'll ever see him in anything as intimate and continuous as a TV show ever again. That's why I was so sad to see The Mentalist come to an end.
Message edited by redbird - Tuesday, 05-May-15, 5:36 PM |
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| Ivana |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 10:10 PM | Message # 94 |
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Oh, I do hope you are wrong redbird, he is too talented not to have a long and successful movie career, both as an actor and director. |
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| redbird |
Date: Tuesday, 05-May-15, 11:28 PM | Message # 95 |
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He could become a huge movie star. He certainly has the talent but, by choice, he's never been a big box office kind of actor. He likes small indie films rather than big blockbusters because he had more creative freedom. And after spending 7 years of having the kind of creative freedom that he had on TM, I just don't see him being willing to reign in his creativity to take on the kind of roles that could make him a huge movie star. Even if that did happen, I don't think we'd see that much of him. Think about all of the huge movie stars today - we only see a project from them every couple of years or so. The rest of the time they're trying to live private lives away from the public spotlight. |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 01-Jun-15, 11:58 AM | Message # 96 |
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| Hayseed |
Date: Friday, 04-Sep-15, 3:14 PM | Message # 97 |
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Sadly I agree that I doubt we'll ever be graced by Baker on our TV screen every week, ever again. I can't blame him. If he doesn't need the money, he is right to only do roles/projects that challenge him artistically.
He gave us 7 great seasons of TM, so I feel I can't be greedy. I'll have to be content to watch whatever stuff he does, as it becomes available. |
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