Alec Baldwin Wants to Switch to Something New

Alec Baldwin wants to stop acting - which is the main theme of his interview for Playboy Magazine.

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"I don't have any interest in acting anymore," says Baldwin in the December issue of Men's Journal. At 51, he points out, "I'm not young, but I have time to do something else."

The actor says he was "done" with his career in 2012 and would retire at 30 Rock's wrap party.  As for the big screen, he notes, "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."

Maybe that will change with his new Meryl Streep film,  It's Complicated.

Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American film and television actor. An actor comfortable in both lead and supporting roles, he has appeared in numerous Hollywood films including Beetlejuice and The Hunt for Red October in addition to the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed.

He was nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the 2003 film, The Cooler. Currently, he appears as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a role for which he has won two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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