Alec Baldwin

“I'm doing 'Rock of Ages' one day, making out with Russell Brand. Soon after that, I'm advocating with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cynthia Nixon for marriage equality.”

“I did not have a happy family life a few years ago. I was divorced, and I was very alienated from my daughter, and I was out there cutting every ribbon and running around New York hosting ev...”

“I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand.”

“I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing. We had to amuse ourselves, so we had to become amusing.”

“So Colleen Atwood introduced me to Armani for the fabric and the dyes - what made Armani, Armani, beyond his motion-picture credentials. It was Cerruti after that. And then Zegna.”

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

“John McTiernan, the director, is not Ingmar Bergman. He does action-adventure movies.”

“Manhattan is like Beverly Hills. And the soul of New York has moved to Brooklyn, where everything new and exciting seems to be.”

“Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, cut - cut money for powerless people. So, that's the biggest problem I have with them.”

“The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash substituting for deadly solar radiation.”

“I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.”

“As my friend said to me, when you have children, typically in a second marriage, when you're older and you get married again to a woman who would have children, you must always remember that...”

“I've had a relatively charmed life. I loved to be out in the city. New York was my town. I've had people come up to me and say, 'You're a great New Yorker. You've given your time and money t...”

“Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.”

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

“When you lack a certain vitality in the film business, there's no hiding it. It's like you've had your limb chopped off. How do you hide the fact that you're missing an arm?”

“My whole life is classical now. Except my wife. I don't have a classical wife. I have a classy wife, but I don't have a classical wife.”

“I collect travel alarm clocks. I was in a flea market in France once, in 1994, and I opened up this beautiful Jaeger-LeCoultre folding eight-day winding clock folded into a beautiful case, a...”

“I started out as an actor, where you seek to understand yourself using the words of great writers and collaborating with other creative people. Then I slid into show business, where you seek...”

“Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.”