Extract from LA Daily News – August 2006

EASY DOES IT: Simon Baker is working less and liking it more.

The handsome Aussie was in practically every scene during his tenure as a trouble-plagued attorney in CBS' "The Guardian" series a few years back and was left exhausted. Now he's preparing for the debut of "Smith," CBS' weekly show in which he, Ray Liotta and Shohreh Aghdashloo play members of a band of thieves. And, with the action divided, he says, "I don't work every day. I'm quite happy about that ...

"It's a more suitable schedule for me — not completely overwhelming. It doesn't sit on my shoulders as the last series did, and it shouldn't. It's got great actors, and I like it when they work."

Baker, who was featured in Meryl Streep's recent "The Devil Wears Prada," completed the big-screen "Sex and Death 101" with Winona Ryder shortly before "Smith" cranked up. He describes the latter as "an examination into the male psyche. Lots of fun."