Gothamist: Alec Baldwin Bitches to New Yorker

WorksInDUMBO

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:50:47 -0500

I love him I love him! Doesn't sound like whining to me. Sounds like telling it like it is.

robingee

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:48:04 -0500

#9 - You don't see a difference?

Comic Book Guy

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:48:03 -0500

Editrixie: Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I thought 'it's a touch racket' was a sly reference to Baldwin's monologue in Glengarry Glen Ross. You know, "Yeah, I used to be a salesman. It's a tough racket."

Ronkonkoma Ondinnonk

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:14:37 -0500

I have never seen 30 Rock before, but after watching that clip, I am now a fan.

jessecal

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:02:23 -0500

What a Schmuck. . .

Editrixie

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:46:55 -0500

Mr. Del Signore, I usually enjoy your writing, but... ‘Please don’t let me wake up in the morning. I don’t want to do this anymore.'" Yeah, acting's a tough racket. It's obvious he was referring to the whole drama surrounding his divorce and the media coverage of that phone message, not acting. Why belittle his profession? First of all, the remark was so out of place in the article. Second, have you ever tried acting? Unless you have and you think it's super easy, such a snarky comment colors your whole story and makes you seem more like a trashy columnist instead of a talented writer. Any other Gothamist writer, it wouldn't bother me -- I don't expect very much from them -- but from you? I'm disappointed.

dooWOP

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:36:08 -0500

OMG that was actually funny, but wasn't this the same network that let Imus go...?

cucarachita

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:30:21 -0500

As if we were all innocent of whining ourselves? I think everyone I know is guilty of whining like that at once point or another, particularly during the hard times. Anyway, he's not supposed to be a role model to us, he's supposed to be an actor. Since when do we have high expectations of actors? I thought the article was kind of amusing. And I find him highly amusing in his roles. I hope he does get a major role. I'm looking forward to it.

Pull My Finger

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:33:06 -0500

Stop acting like a little bitch.

nomnomnom

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:30:09 -0500

Seriously, that's the best clip from 30 Rock.

Spiny

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:22:46 -0500

Sorry. Anything unpleasant about Alec Baldwin is negated by that clip.

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:20:55 -0500

love this guy, from married to the mob to hunt for red october and now 30 Rock.

David McCaffredy

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:13:51 -0500

Amazing, #1. Amazing.

Spiritof76

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:10:31 -0500

Baldwin looks terrible for a man who's only 50. Looks closer to 60. He looks older than Jim Belushi, who's 54. Isn't 50 supposed to be the new 40? Not for him, I guess. At this rate, not only is was he over the hill early, he's heading fast for the bottom on the other side.

ides_of_march

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:55:36 -0500

Alec Baldwin is to whining what Michael Phelps is to swimming.