In the December issue of Men’s Journal, Alec Baldwin says he’s lost interest in acting, considers his film career a failure, and will likely quit the business by 2012.
It’s interesting that he’s saying this now, with a hit TV show (“30 Rock”), a big moving coming out in a few weeks (“It’s Complicated”), and a gig co-hosting the Oscars with Steve Martin.
I mean, it’s sort of a slap in the face to his fans, isn’t it? If he doesn’t have any interest in acting anymore, then why is he still doing it? There are probably other things he could be doing to pay the mortgage.
Yeah, maybe I’m just cynical, but if someone achieves the amount of fame that Baldwin has, it just seems a little hypocritical for some reason, to just say, ok, I’m sort of done with it.
As for his film career, he says, "I consider my entire movie career a complete failure. The goal of movie-making 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."
So all of those actors who’ve done really well but never headlined a film are failures? No, they’re not, Alec.
On the other hand, even though actors like Baldwin bring in a nice paycheck, it would be a tough way to make a living. Your life really doesn’t belong to you; it belongs to the paparazzi and the media. I can see why he’d want to do something else.
Anyway, I don’t really think he’ll be done with acting, no matter what he says.
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It’s definitely sad that he considers his career a failure. I thought 30-Rock has given him some very decent-sized success. He seems to be a driver in that show, though it’s not a major motion film. Maybe he’s just looking for press for his current film projects. His line of reasoning seems unbelievable, unless he’s THAT insecure, which is surely possible.
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