Simon Baker.(Man Manual)(Interview)

Not long ago, we had to be satisfied with intermittent glimpses of Simon Baker in movies like 2006's The Devil Wears Prada and Something New. But now the sexy Aussie has the number one new show on television, The Mentalist, he's available in tasty weekly doses. If you find yourself developing all obsession with Simon mad his gorgeous blue eyes, you're not 'alone: About 18 million people are tuning in each week to check him out.

Q On the show, you play a police investigator with sharp observational skills. Do you think people can read minds?

No, because if I believed that, then I'd be afraid of things like ghosts [laughs]. And I already have enough trouble sleeping as it is.

Q You play a pretty charming guy. Does that come naturally?

I have to work very hard at the [laughs again]. Part of the charm thing is the fact that the character is very present and nonjudgmental and at the same time comfortable and confident in his skin. He's borderline cocky. I'm actually rather shy, so that's the hard part for me: to play such a confident guy. I have to rely on my bravado as an actor.

Q How'd you and your wife meet?

We were set up, actually, but I only learned it 'after the fact. I was invited to this dinner party, and I didn't realize that was the plan. Now we're married with three kids, so no complaints here!