There's three things: there's masculinity, there's intelligence, there's sensitivity. You've got to bring those three things to a leading man's role: masculinity, sensitivity, intelligence. In some people, there's a little too much in the mix of one or the other.
— Alec Baldwin
When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.
Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, cut - cut money for powerless people. So, that's the biggest problem I have with them.
Often in films, you have no idea where you're going to be six months from now. And I grew very weary of that. And television, although it wasn't necessarily as creatively diverse as filmmaking can be, it was the lifestyle choice that I needed to make.
I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.
I'm a pretty loyal person.
In the theater, you act more of the time. In the movies, you get to act maybe 20 or 30 minutes of the day. I love acting in movies. It's just different.
Getting older is hard.
When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.
I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.
Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.
Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.
Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.
I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.
I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was really a gut year. And I said, 'Law school will always be there.' I was in no hurry to get right into that.
I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you.
I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.
I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.
When I'm not working, I dress like a surfer. I look like I'm going to come into your house and clean your pool.
Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.
I'm the kind of person who does not want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted.
Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful.
Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.
Down with Dukes of Hazzard!
There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.
Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.
I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.
My life, in some ways, has been a half-measure. I didn't commit myself all the way to my marriage and family, because I would have given up more. And I didn't go all the way with just being completely selfish. I always wonder where my career would be if I was more selfish.
I remember during my lifetime I would meet women, and it was almost like God would say to me, 'Now, this woman here is not the one you are going to end up with, but she is going to be a lot like this woman; look at this woman, study this woman.' And when my wife showed up, He was like, 'You recognize her now?'
Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.
A lot of people want to not wear a tie when they go to a restaurant. They feel they don't have to wear a tie. I think it's kind of a statement they're making. I don't know what that statement is. I haven't quite figured that out yet.
For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally.
I'd do anything to have more kids. But that's probably not gonna happen now.
I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.
I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie.
To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.
Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going to leave the United States.
You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.
I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.
