Here's the thing with alec baldwin

GWEN IFILL: Next, to another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where interesting people talk about their passions.

Tonight, we hear from Alec Baldwin, famous for his decades-long career in film and television.

He is also now host of a WNYC Studios podcast, “Here’s the Thing.”

MAN: When I first started listening, I remember thinking he was born to host public radio.

(LAUGHTER)

ALEC BALDWIN, Actor: Good lord.

Wow, I have never been insulted like that in my life.

I don’t need to be in some Batman vs. Superman kind of film anymore. I’m too old for that.

Here's the thing podcast

But I was born to host? What am I, Leonard Lopate Jr.?

Acting was like sex. And when I was young, I would do it with anybody. You get bedazzled by money and by other things. I always say to people, don’t live a big life in your early career, so you can really, really have a career, like Liam Neeson or like Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Kevin Kline, people that I really admire.

The who succeed the most in the business, it’s the most important thing in their lives, or at least du

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