(from the Boston Herald)
Alec Baldwin to quit in 2012
Alec Baldwin says he’s done with acting. He’s planning to quit show biz after his “30 Rock” contract is up in 2012. “I don’t have any interest in acting anymore,” the two-time Emmy winner told Men’s Journal in an interview published in its upcoming issue. “Movies are part of my past. It’s been 30 years. I’m not young, but I have time to do something else.”
Baldwin, 51, who has been fiercely opinionated throughout his career, is pretty tough on himself and thinks his movie career has been a bust, despite critically acclaimed performances in films such as “The Hunt for Red October” and “Glengarry Glen Ross.”
“It’s a difficult thing to say, but I believe it: I consider my entire movie career a complete failure. I’ll tell you why. The goal of moviemaking is to star in a film where your performance drives the film, and the film is either a soaring critical or commercial success, and I never had that,” he told the mag.
He even thought about quitting his popularNBC show back in 2007 after a nasty voicemail he left for his daughter – in which he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig” – was made public. “I feel the consequences of that every day,” he said.
The actor, who has been at war with ex-wifeKim Basinger over custody of his teen daughter, Ireland, for years, said he has seriously considered ending his life. “I was going to put the hose in the most noxious of the cars I own, a Jeep, take some sleeping pills, and take a nice nap in the front seat of my car in the garage,” he said.
Baldwin’s battles with Basinger also led to a recent breakup with his girlfriend of seven years, but he doesn’t seem too miffed. “I don’t mind,” he said. “I’d rather be lonely than wrong.”
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I’ll be hoping he has a change of heart by 2012! I love him.