Alec Baldwin Calls Himself a Pastry Chef, Possible 'Times' Food Critic
A couple tidbits from his interview in this week's New Yorker:
"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. I’m not Daniel"—a brief pause, then he jutted out his lips in a way that was familiar from his movies, and almost shouted the next word—"Boulud. You know?"
"I always think, What if you just took your hand off the wheel, and slowly, over time, it all went away, and your life became about, you know, Is the mail here yet? I always think about that." But this dream of disengagement quickly gave way: in the space of a few minutes, sitting in weak sun on a New Jersey driveway, smoking a cigarette, Baldwin imagined himself as the restaurant critic of the Times; the proprietor of an inn near Syracuse; and the presenter of a classical-music show on public radio. "I could do that," he said, and he wasn’t exactly joking.
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5 Comments:
LOL YEAH, according to the North American media: celebrities can do ANYTHING! Even Paris Hilton (who hasn't accomplished much) gets more media attention than the hundreds that just died at war...
hungrychristel at 4:17PM on 09/12/08
as a pastry chef, i'm offended! pastry & baking are much precise sciences than cooking.
dmarina at 6:45PM on 09/12/08
I thought he'd moved to Canada?
srhcb at 9:22PM on 09/12/08
Alec Baldwin has a problem knowing when to shut up. He is great on 30 Rock, then I keep reading these horrible interviews he gives, and it makes me distracted when trying to enjoy one of the best half hours on television.
brittj8585 at 10:26AM on 09/13/08
That photo was taken 10 years and 30 pounds ago! Not only does Baldwin sound like a jerk from interviews, how about blaming his ex as an explanation for the voicemail he left his daughter in which he calls her a pig? I may love his performances on 30 Rock, but count me as a member of Team Kim.
johnsondaw at 4:41PM on 09/15/08