Posted on 11/30/2009 6:52:24 PM PST by george76
Alec Baldwin, the US actor, has said he has lost interest in acting and considers his film career a failure.
"I consider my entire movie career a complete failure," he told the magazine. "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."
Baldwin has expressed interest in politics in the past but did not say in the interview what he intended to do if he quit acting.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I’d like to go one step farther and declare Alec a failure.
He’s great as an actor - it’s just his politics that stink...
Except for Glengarry Glen Ross he is right
He was good in “Hunt for Red October”, back before he decided his personal opinion was worth more than his ability to parrot someone else’s words.
Alec Balwin, while a complete liberal ass, is actually a damn good actor. Whether it’s drama or comedy, he can do it all.
Maybe he needs to try Climate Science.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
He was great in “Team America: World Police”!
hehe.
This is about the 10th time I’ve read that he may have ‘political ASSpirations.’
Lord, help us!
He is a fine actor, and no one makes me laugh harder than this jerk. But, really. Isn’t America paying a high enough ransom already with Al Franken? *SHIVER*
That one with the submarine.
His 10 minute monologue in Glengarry Glen Ross has been the lone light in my dislike for him..and HUnt for Red October. If he wasn’t a liberal loon, he couldve easily displaced Harrison Ford in the Ryan series.
LOL... he’s done pretty well (financially) for a failure. I’d say he’s more like a disappointment at this point. He still has time to redeem himself. He’s from a good family.
(We went to school together on Long Island)
Perhaps he can pull off doing a “Beck” and turn his life around for the positive.
Hey, now! The guy’s a left-wing weenie, but he’s a good actor.
Baldwin has expressed interest in politics in the past but did not say in the interview what he intended to do if he quit acting.
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Well, he started his political career when he publicly wished that Henry Hyde and his entire family would be killed for standing up to the crime and sleaze of Clinton, and the subsequent impeachment. Fits right in with the rising disregard for AMERICAN human life that is growing in the radical left. Remember this whole scenario ????
I, for once, disagree with Alec. He’s a moronic twit personally, but I really enjoy his movies.
Beetlejuice was an absolute commercial success and is now considered a classic. How is that a failure?
Granted, I keep wondering how Harrison Ford would've played each scene, but I like that film. Probably the best book to film adaption I've seen (from a book that I've actually read).
(The Shawshank Redemption is #1 for novella to film, but that's a topic for a different thread.)
He was great in The Shadow.
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