Alec Baldwin has had a successful career in the film industry, but being a big movie star didn't dissuade him from signing up for a regular television stint -- a starring role on the Emmy Award winning comedy series,
30 Rock – nor did it stop him from agreeing to continue on with the gig.
“I think everybody is very grateful to come back and do it again, and hopefully do it after that,” Baldwin told
The Wave Magazine. “I mean, if you get lucky and this thing runs and run and runs, it's a great opportunity.”
Alec Baldwin didn't blindly sign on to
30 Rock, however. Knowing the people behind a show is an important factor, he said, and in this case, it's
Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels and comedian/actress/writer
Tina Fey.
“Lorne Michaels… [is an] old, old friend of mine. I've done
SNL many times,” he said. “His company and Marci Klein, his associate there, they asked me to do the show and Tina was the writer. I knew Tina was funny, I knew she was very funny. So I did the pilot.”
On
30 Rock, Alec Baldwin plays NBC executive Jack Donaghy. The character has his fair share of quirks, including having once been the proud owner of an extensive cookie jar collection.
“Everybody is a little nuts, but we try to keep it in a certain range. Sometimes we go beyond that range,” Baldwin said. “Speaking for myself, sometimes I do go too far, but we think it works best when we try to keep it as real as we can.”
Sharp humor combined with realism is what Alec Baldwin said has made the show gain more momentum with its second season, and he commends their writers, who are still on strike, for a job well done.
“We still make it a little nutty, but I think everybody really tries to make it funny, and yet make it more honest,” he explained. “What has really been great for me is just how great the writers are, and how funny the material is. It's almost actor-proof in that way, that if you just get out there and do it, it's very funny.”
-Lisa Claustro, Buddy TV Staff Columnist
Source: The Wave Magazine
(Image Courtesy of NBC)