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  • spankdatazz22
    All Star
    • May 2003
    • 6219
    #31
    Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

    I'll miss him if he really quits. I think he's a very good actor, and is a really funny guy. And really talented - he's done some great skits on SNL. One in particular I remember he did I think was called "The Mimic"; didn't realize he could mimic different people so well. While he does come off as something of an azz at times, I really like him on 30 Rock and when he appears on Bill Maher. And he's done a ton of movies lately - maybe he is ramping up to quit
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      • CMH
        Making you famous
        • Oct 2002
        • 26203
        #32
        Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

        Thing is, I bet his time on 30 Rock will elevate his movie career.
        "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

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          • Bellsprout
            Hard Times.
            • Oct 2009
            • 25652
            #33
            Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

            Anyone else remember when he yelled at his kid and then he was all of a sudden going to quit acting? He's done this before. I think that was between seasons 1 and 2 of 30 Rock.
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              • KingV2k3
                Senior Circuit
                • May 2003
                • 5881
                #34
                Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                I've quoted his dialog from "Glengarry Glen Ross" a few times a year, every year since it came out...

                Classic!

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                  • DickDalewood
                    #35
                    Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                    He also has this coming out on Christmas Day:

                    <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qE2CItUaAcA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qE2CItUaAcA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

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                      • JayBee74
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 22989
                        #36
                        Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                        Originally posted by DickDalewood
                        He also has this coming out on Christmas Day:
                        <object height="340" width="560">
                        <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qE2CItUaAcA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></object>
                        Mentioned it 7 or 8 posts UP. Up in the air whether it gets an R or PG13 rating.
                        Originally posted by WeAreAllWitnesses
                        Anyone else remember when he yelled at his kid and then he was all of a sudden going to quit acting? He's done this before. I think that was between seasons 1 and 2 of 30 Rock.
                        I remember-that was more a reaction to the embarrassment of the situation then anything else.
                        Last edited by JayBee74; 12-01-2009, 10:46 PM.

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                          • CMH
                            Making you famous
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 26203
                            #37
                            Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                            Originally posted by JayBee74
                            His acceptance speech at the last Emmys, just over two months ago doesn't indicate any "looking down" at the TV industry.
                            I think he's learned to accept it, but it still hits him hard.

                            Where did everything go wrong? “On a television show, precise acting isn’t the order of the day,” he said to me. “It’s a sitcom. The idea is to hit certain beats, and we do it cleverly. But, you do a television show, you become a pastry chef. I’m a pastry chef now; I’m not the big chef at the big restaurant.

                            Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...#ixzz0YUoh0Qrr
                            "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                            "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                              • JayBee74
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Jul 2002
                                • 22989
                                #38
                                Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                Originally posted by YankeePride
                                I think he's learned to accept it, but it still hits him hard.

                                Where did everything go wrong? “On a television show, precise acting isn’t the order of the day,” he said to me. “It’s a sitcom. The idea is to hit certain beats, and we do it cleverly. But, you do a television show, you become a pastry chef. I’m a pastry chef now; I’m not the big chef at the big restaurant.

                                Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...#ixzz0YUoh0Qrr
                                Perhaps beating out Charlie Sheen for an Emmy takes the luster out of the award.

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                                  • DickDalewood
                                    #39
                                    Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                    Originally posted by JayBee74
                                    Mentioned it 7 or 8 posts UP. Up in the air whether it gets an R or PG13 rating.

                                    I remember-that was more a reaction to the embarrassment of the situation then anything else.
                                    Oh, whoops. Didn't really read through

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                                      • Kanobi
                                        H*F Cl*ss *f '09
                                        • Apr 2003
                                        • 6052
                                        #40
                                        Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                        Liked him in 'The Edge' for some reason. I think the writing for his character sucked. he did the most with it though

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                                          • snepp
                                            We'll waste him too.
                                            • Apr 2003
                                            • 10007
                                            #41
                                            Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                            Originally posted by JayBee74
                                            Perhaps beating out Charlie Sheen for an Emmy takes the luster out of the award.

                                            *rimshot*
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                                              • bjf1377
                                                Lurker
                                                • Jul 2002
                                                • 6620
                                                #42
                                                Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                                If only Robin Williams and John Travolta were this motivated to quit.....

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                                                  • JayBee74
                                                    Hall Of Fame
                                                    • Jul 2002
                                                    • 22989
                                                    #43
                                                    Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                                    Originally posted by snepp
                                                    *rimshot*
                                                    LOL, and I actually like 2 1/2 Men when it doesn't get totally sophomoric and I think Sheen is a fine actor, but they don't ask him to do much.
                                                    As for the previews of Baldwin's upcoming movie I hope it kills at the box office (OK, I'm a 30 Rock and Baldwin fan), but on the surface there doesn't appear to be a lot of chemistry between Alec and Meryl.

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                                                      • sven
                                                        Banned
                                                        • Jul 2002
                                                        • 6021
                                                        #44
                                                        Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                                        Originally posted by JayBee74
                                                        LOL, and I actually like 2 1/2 Men when it doesn't get totally sophomoric and I think Sheen is a fine actor, but they don't ask him to do much.

                                                        So you never like 2 and a Half Men?

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                                                          • OSUFan_88
                                                            Outback Jesus
                                                            • Jul 2004
                                                            • 25642
                                                            #45
                                                            Re: Alec Baldwin to quit acting in 2012

                                                            Originally posted by bjf1377
                                                            If only Robin Williams and John Travolta were this motivated to quit.....
                                                            I think that's asking a hell of a lot of good on one day.

                                                            The day Robin Williams quits whatever the hell he is doing on screen should be a national holiday.
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