Excerpt from Post-Gazette article (Rob Owen) 21st August 2003

 

Baker said he never quite gets accustomed to the fan interest.

 

"I don't thrive on it, but I understand the interest in a film crew shooting in your town," he said. "But the idea of people coming and standing around for me? No, they're coming and standing there for the character I play on a TV show. "So they're always going to be disappointed, right?" he says, flashing a smile.

 

Onlookers seemed anything but disappointed when, between scenes, Baker wandered over to sign a few autographs.

 

With two complete seasons under his belt, Baker said the details of the work keep him excited about playing Nick Fallin. Even to someone who's seen every episode and knows Nick's clipped, understated style, it's surprising to see just how little dialogue his character has when Baker flips through a script: "Yeah," "Right," "You know," "Who makes that?"

 

To play Nick Fallin, a character whose emotions are usually played as subtext in a look or glance, Baker can't rely on dialogue to do the work. "Everyone else plays the writing," Baker said. "I'm not in control of the situation, but I have a lot of control as to how I want to play 'What.' I get to roam freely within the silences and, thankfully, that keeps me feeling alive as an actor."