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141 Interesting Quotes By Alec Baldwin That You Will Regret Missing

Famous As: American Actor Known for His Versatile Performances and Comic Work
Born On: April 3, 1958
Born In: Amityville, New York, United States
Age: 64 Years
Alec Baldwin is an illustrious American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He grabbed the limelight when he appeared on ‘Knots Landing’ season 6 and 7, a CBS television drama where he portrayed Joshua Rush. He has played both supporting as well as lead roles in romantic comedy, action thriller, horror comedy fantasy, and super hero films. He was nominated for the ‘Academy Award’ for 'Best Supporting Actor' for his phenomenal role in ‘The Cooler,’ a romantic drama. He has also been the host of ‘Match Game’ since 2016. He also holds the feat of being the male performer who has bagged in the most SAG Awards. We have compiled some most popular, famous, whacky, liberal, inspiring, and meaningful quotes and thoughts by the renowned artist. Read through the quotes and sayings by Alec Baldwin which have been corralled from his writings, thoughts, interviews, shows, movies, dialogues, populace utterances and life.
The way we produce food is killing the land and water.

The way we produce food is killing the land and water.

Alec Baldwin
I have no desire to run for public office.

I have no desire to run for public office.

Alec Baldwin
My brothers and I grew up in a time where talking, storytelling, telling jokes was sometimes all you had. It wasn't like today, with so many options and portability.

My brothers and I grew up in a time where talking, storytelling, telling jokes was sometimes all you had. It wasn't like today, with so many options and portability.

Alec Baldwin
New York... where people come for their Ph.D. in corruption.

New York... where people come for their Ph.D. in corruption.

Alec Baldwin
You read some columnists in the newspapers; you have to wonder who they are really working for. You can see they have an agenda.

You read some columnists in the newspapers; you have to wonder who they are really working for. You can see they have an agenda.

Alec Baldwin
America is competitive. We compete with each other every day.

America is competitive. We compete with each other every day.

Alec Baldwin
Everybody has their own taste, and I allow for that, but personally, I don't like a striped tie on a striped shirt. I don't like brown shoes with a blue suit. Cordovan maybe, but not brown.

Everybody has their own taste, and I allow for that, but personally, I don't like a striped tie on a striped shirt. I don't like brown shoes with a blue suit. Cordovan maybe, but not brown.

Alec Baldwin
Zegna has the perfect weight fabric. There are a lot of designers who make clothes that are a little too heavy. They feel heavy. They almost feel like a coat.

Zegna has the perfect weight fabric. There are a lot of designers who make clothes that are a little too heavy. They feel heavy. They almost feel like a coat.

Alec Baldwin
So Colleen Atwood introduced me to Armani for the fabric and the dyes - what made Armani, Armani, beyond his motion-picture credentials. It was Cerruti after that. And then Zegna.

So Colleen Atwood introduced me to Armani for the fabric and the dyes - what made Armani, Armani, beyond his motion-picture credentials. It was Cerruti after that. And then Zegna.

Alec Baldwin
I wear a Zegna suit and tie every day, pretty much.

I wear a Zegna suit and tie every day, pretty much.

Alec Baldwin
The way we divorce in this country hurts people on the deepest level. The ripple effect and resonance of it is remarkable, vast - vast - and if I ever went into Parliament, I would become very involved in that.

The way we divorce in this country hurts people on the deepest level. The ripple effect and resonance of it is remarkable, vast - vast - and if I ever went into Parliament, I would become very involved in that.

Alec Baldwin
If you're going to have someone defend you, it doesn't get any better than Kristen Stewart.

If you're going to have someone defend you, it doesn't get any better than Kristen Stewart.

Alec Baldwin
We need more participation, so when I see someone like Trump, I go, 'You know something? Good for him'. I may not support him, but let him run.

We need more participation, so when I see someone like Trump, I go, 'You know something? Good for him'. I may not support him, but let him run.

Alec Baldwin
If MSNBC went off the air tomorrow, what difference would it make? If the 'Huffington Post' went out of business tomorrow, what difference would it make?

If MSNBC went off the air tomorrow, what difference would it make? If the 'Huffington Post' went out of business tomorrow, what difference would it make?

Alec Baldwin
Morning Joe was boring. Scarborough is neither eloquent nor funny.

Morning Joe was boring. Scarborough is neither eloquent nor funny.

Alec Baldwin
I'm not interested in offending anyone. If homosexuality was an issue for me, I would have moved out of New York years ago. I find that laughable.

I'm not interested in offending anyone. If homosexuality was an issue for me, I would have moved out of New York years ago. I find that laughable.

Alec Baldwin
I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny... To me, those are people who think the rules don't apply to them.

I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny... To me, those are people who think the rules don't apply to them.

Alec Baldwin
I have dear friends of mine who represent real Republicans. Goldwater Republicans. Strong on defense. Tough on immigration. Fiscal conservatives.

I have dear friends of mine who represent real Republicans. Goldwater Republicans. Strong on defense. Tough on immigration. Fiscal conservatives.

Alec Baldwin
If Hank Williams Jr. wasn't such a pathetic, wheezing fossil, I'd have a talk with him.

If Hank Williams Jr. wasn't such a pathetic, wheezing fossil, I'd have a talk with him.

Alec Baldwin
As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I'd lead an effort to defend the symbol of the Republican Party. But when I saw the cruelty that Ringling inflicts on elephants every day across the country, I had to speak up.

As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I'd lead an effort to defend the symbol of the Republican Party. But when I saw the cruelty that Ringling inflicts on elephants every day across the country, I had to speak up.

Alec Baldwin
Acting in the theatre is fun; acting in film is work.

Acting in the theatre is fun; acting in film is work.

Alec Baldwin
There are women who get divorced in order to punish. Out of this bitter, bitter hatred that some of these women have for their ex-husbands, they turn their children against them.

There are women who get divorced in order to punish. Out of this bitter, bitter hatred that some of these women have for their ex-husbands, they turn their children against them.

Alec Baldwin
The harshest thing I can say is I was married to someone for whom all dissent was abuse. If you had your own opinion, you were abusive.

The harshest thing I can say is I was married to someone for whom all dissent was abuse. If you had your own opinion, you were abusive.

Alec Baldwin
John McTiernan, the director, is not Ingmar Bergman. He does action-adventure movies.

John McTiernan, the director, is not Ingmar Bergman. He does action-adventure movies.

Alec Baldwin
I don't hate Trump, but he's not somebody I admire.

I don't hate Trump, but he's not somebody I admire.

Alec Baldwin
If I won the lottery tomorrow, I probably would never work again.

If I won the lottery tomorrow, I probably would never work again.

Alec Baldwin
All actors have a significant amount of vanity about work, and necessarily so. Things they will do and won't do, and I've completely lost all of that. I don't care.

All actors have a significant amount of vanity about work, and necessarily so. Things they will do and won't do, and I've completely lost all of that. I don't care.

Alec Baldwin
I want my weekends back so I can be with my kids.

I want my weekends back so I can be with my kids.

Alec Baldwin
The Trump name is now going to mean something else.

The Trump name is now going to mean something else.

Alec Baldwin
'The Apprentice' was a huge success, and Trump was a huge television star who managed to trick people into thinking he was the guy from the show.

'The Apprentice' was a huge success, and Trump was a huge television star who managed to trick people into thinking he was the guy from the show.

Alec Baldwin
I'm not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy - and they ask you to do that, most of the time - there's some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like.

I'm not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy - and they ask you to do that, most of the time - there's some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like.

Alec Baldwin
Everybody had posters in their room; everybody had the four symbols of Zeppelin on the wall and all that.

Everybody had posters in their room; everybody had the four symbols of Zeppelin on the wall and all that.

Alec Baldwin
I went to Jimmy Gandolfini's funeral, and when I was there, I realized Jimmy Gandolfini didn't have Twitter.

I went to Jimmy Gandolfini's funeral, and when I was there, I realized Jimmy Gandolfini didn't have Twitter.

Alec Baldwin
My goal was always to take a talk show to the network. I never wanted to be on MSNBC.

My goal was always to take a talk show to the network. I never wanted to be on MSNBC.

Alec Baldwin
I find myself bitter, defensive, and more misanthropic than I care to admit.

I find myself bitter, defensive, and more misanthropic than I care to admit.

Alec Baldwin
I think Rachel Maddow is quite good at what she does. I also think she's a phony who doesn't have the same passion for the truth off-camera that she seems to have on the air.

I think Rachel Maddow is quite good at what she does. I also think she's a phony who doesn't have the same passion for the truth off-camera that she seems to have on the air.

Alec Baldwin
It's good-bye to public life in the way that you try to communicate with an audience playfully, like we're friends, beyond the work you are actually paid for.

It's good-bye to public life in the way that you try to communicate with an audience playfully, like we're friends, beyond the work you are actually paid for.

Alec Baldwin
I'm doing 'Rock of Ages' one day, making out with Russell Brand. Soon after that, I'm advocating with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cynthia Nixon for marriage equality.

I'm doing 'Rock of Ages' one day, making out with Russell Brand. Soon after that, I'm advocating with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cynthia Nixon for marriage equality.

Alec Baldwin
Am I a homophobe? Look, I work in show business. I am awash in gay people, as colleagues and as friends.

Am I a homophobe? Look, I work in show business. I am awash in gay people, as colleagues and as friends.

Alec Baldwin
Everything I hated about L.A. I'm beginning to crave. L.A. is a place where you live behind a gate, you get in a car, your interaction with the public is minimal. I used to hate that.

Everything I hated about L.A. I'm beginning to crave. L.A. is a place where you live behind a gate, you get in a car, your interaction with the public is minimal. I used to hate that.

Alec Baldwin
I need to be home more. That's the goal now. I have a steady flow of things people want me to do.

I need to be home more. That's the goal now. I have a steady flow of things people want me to do.

Alec Baldwin
I worked all the time. Every moment I wasn't working, I was home with my family. I got divorced. And now I'm doing it all over again, and I've learned that the key is, I've got to work less.

I worked all the time. Every moment I wasn't working, I was home with my family. I got divorced. And now I'm doing it all over again, and I've learned that the key is, I've got to work less.

Alec Baldwin
I want to go make a movie and be very present for that and give it everything I have, and after we're done, then the rest of the time is mine.

I want to go make a movie and be very present for that and give it everything I have, and after we're done, then the rest of the time is mine.

Alec Baldwin
I won every award you could win in television. I got paid well. And people loved '30 Rock'. And I loved '30 Rock'. I mean, sometimes you do a show that's a hit show, and you hate it.

I won every award you could win in television. I got paid well. And people loved '30 Rock'. And I loved '30 Rock'. I mean, sometimes you do a show that's a hit show, and you hate it.

Alec Baldwin
I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible.

I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible.

Alec Baldwin
My children are the only thing in my life that makes me happy.

My children are the only thing in my life that makes me happy.

Alec Baldwin
Everything I do is about my kids and wife and how we can all be together.

Everything I do is about my kids and wife and how we can all be together.

Alec Baldwin
I'm going to stop giving too much money to charity - the charity is going to become my family. I'm only half-kidding.

I'm going to stop giving too much money to charity - the charity is going to become my family. I'm only half-kidding.

Alec Baldwin
There's almost no popular music I listen to now. I'll hear it because it's everywhere... Music is ubiquitous now.

There's almost no popular music I listen to now. I'll hear it because it's everywhere... Music is ubiquitous now.

Alec Baldwin
Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

Alec Baldwin
I turned popular music on the radio, and I never listened to it again after that, in about 1985. That's when I switched over to classical music, and I pretty much stayed with that since then.

I turned popular music on the radio, and I never listened to it again after that, in about 1985. That's when I switched over to classical music, and I pretty much stayed with that since then.

Alec Baldwin
There are shows that are monolithic successes on TV that nobody in the business ever watches one episode of.

There are shows that are monolithic successes on TV that nobody in the business ever watches one episode of.

Alec Baldwin
When you lack a certain vitality in the film business, there's no hiding it. It's like you've had your limb chopped off. How do you hide the fact that you're missing an arm?

When you lack a certain vitality in the film business, there's no hiding it. It's like you've had your limb chopped off. How do you hide the fact that you're missing an arm?

Alec Baldwin
Hollywood does draw some very strange characters, and then the power of Hollywood and what they can do with it becomes like a blood sport to them.

Hollywood does draw some very strange characters, and then the power of Hollywood and what they can do with it becomes like a blood sport to them.

Alec Baldwin
My brothers were funny, and there was a lot of shtick and comedy and nastiness and violence and fighting and sports.

My brothers were funny, and there was a lot of shtick and comedy and nastiness and violence and fighting and sports.

Alec Baldwin
Have I thought about having more kids? Oh sure, that would be great; that would be heaven. That would be fantastic.

Have I thought about having more kids? Oh sure, that would be great; that would be heaven. That would be fantastic.

Alec Baldwin
My father would chaperone at high-school dances, and the toughest guy in the high school used to want to fight my father. My father broke his hand on a guy's head once in school.

My father would chaperone at high-school dances, and the toughest guy in the high school used to want to fight my father. My father broke his hand on a guy's head once in school.

Alec Baldwin
On a television show, precise acting isn't the order of the day.

On a television show, precise acting isn't the order of the day.

Alec Baldwin
I'd rather live my life off screen and give only a certain amount of energy to the work.

I'd rather live my life off screen and give only a certain amount of energy to the work.

Alec Baldwin
You have a lot of optimism when you are young.

You have a lot of optimism when you are young.

Alec Baldwin
We all have that moment when we think, 'Hand me that Oscar now - you don't even have to have the ceremony'.

We all have that moment when we think, 'Hand me that Oscar now - you don't even have to have the ceremony'.

Alec Baldwin
Grown-ups yell. I don't know why, but they do.

Grown-ups yell. I don't know why, but they do.

Alec Baldwin
I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

Alec Baldwin
In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

Alec Baldwin
I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.

I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.

Alec Baldwin
When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

Alec Baldwin
I had a marriage that I came to in the same way everybody else comes to a marriage. We all take chances when we get married.

I had a marriage that I came to in the same way everybody else comes to a marriage. We all take chances when we get married.

Alec Baldwin
I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

Alec Baldwin
I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.

I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.

Alec Baldwin
When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

Alec Baldwin
I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
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 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.

Alec Baldwin
I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

Alec Baldwin
I'm a pretty loyal person.

I'm a pretty loyal person.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally.

For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
I'd do anything to have more kids. But that's probably not gonna happen now.

I'd do anything to have more kids. But that's probably not gonna happen now.

Alec Baldwin
When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

Alec Baldwin
I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie.

I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie.

Alec Baldwin
I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

Alec Baldwin
Down with Dukes of Hazzard!

Down with Dukes of Hazzard!

Alec Baldwin
Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.

Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.

Alec Baldwin
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.

There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Alec Baldwin
Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.

Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
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.

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.

Alec Baldwin
I think about how much I used to work and how much I used to make that the priority.

I think about how much I used to work and how much I used to make that the priority.

Alec Baldwin
I just can't live in New York anymore.

I just can't live in New York anymore.

Alec Baldwin
I have my older daughter Ireland and my wife Hilaria, and I have Carmen and Rafael.

I have my older daughter Ireland and my wife Hilaria, and I have Carmen and Rafael.

Alec Baldwin
The wealthy don't have any sense of humor. It's not like the English, where the theater is perhaps the one place where they have a sense of humor about themselves.

The wealthy don't have any sense of humor. It's not like the English, where the theater is perhaps the one place where they have a sense of humor about themselves.

Alec Baldwin
I'm the kind of person who does not want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted.

I'm the kind of person who does not want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted.

Alec Baldwin
I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand.

I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand.

Alec Baldwin
I have always wanted to do a show where I could stay home. When you make movies, you might as well take a dart and throw it at a map.

I have always wanted to do a show where I could stay home. When you make movies, you might as well take a dart and throw it at a map.

Alec Baldwin
My wife is the greatest person I have ever known. She is just a living doll; she is great person and a great mom. We have a girl and a boy, and we are going to have another boy.

My wife is the greatest person I have ever known. She is just a living doll; she is great person and a great mom. We have a girl and a boy, and we are going to have another boy.

Alec Baldwin