21 Famous Inspirational and Motivational Quotes - "Alec Baldwin"

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin is the oldest and most well-known of the Baldwin brothers, who are all actors (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., a high school teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School, was born on April 3, 1958, in Massapequa, New York. He was born in Ireland and is of Irish, English, French, Scottish, and German ancestry. 

Alec Baldwin has enjoyed a career in TV and cinema for over three decades. He is most known for his appearances in 30 Rock and has had parts in Beetlejuice, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Departed. Recently, he gained attention for his portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Authorities said that he was appearing in a western film called Rust in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he shot a prop handgun, killing Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography, and wounded the director.

Cinematographer Hutchins, 42, was rushed to hospital, where she was confirmed dead by medical staff, officials said, while director Joel Souza, 48, was taken by ambulance and treated for his injuries.

He has allegedly left the hospital. 

He first gained fame in the soap opera Knot’s Landing in the 1980s. Still, He made a name for himself on the big screen in films such as Beetlejuice and The Hunt For Red October, as well as his collaborations with directors Woody Allen in films such as To Rome With Love, Alice, and Blue Jasmine, and Martin Scorsese in The Aviator and The Departed. 

He was nominated for an Oscar for the 2003 year film The Cooler. Still, He found a new audience with the successful comedy 30 Rock, portraying Jack Donaghy alongside Tina Fey, for which he received a flurry of prizes, including two Emmys and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, he returned to television to portray candidate Donald Trump on the US comedy program Saturday Night Live. He maintained his skewering imitation after the 2017 inauguration until Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. 

Let's learn about Alec Baldwin's views to see the life and get inspired by them:

1.  Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful.

2. Getting older is hard.

3. I'd rather live my life off screen and give only a certain amount of energy to the work.

4. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I probably would never work again.

5. Some days you're the kid with the stick, some days you're the pinata.

6. I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

7. When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

8. You have a lot of optimism when you are young.

9. I have my older daughter Ireland and my wife Hilaria, and I have Carmen and Rafael.

10. Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

11. My children are the only thing in my life that makes me happy.

12. There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.

13. To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

14. I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

15. When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

16. I'd do anything to have more kids. But that's probably not gonna happen now.

17. For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally.

18. I'm a pretty loyal person.

19. I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you.

20. When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

21. I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.