Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin is talking nonsense! He says that he fears that he is already washed up at 49-years-old. He said the reason is that there are too many actors competing for too few roles. He added that he has turned his back on starring roles in the movie business to concentrate on 30 Rock, because he worries that he’s getting too old for the big screen.

He said, “The industry now is largely about young people. If you look at the number of films that star people over 40, there seem to be a lot less of them now. So the issue is competing to get good roles.

Dustin Hoffman said something great to me once: ‘We’re all in line. Some of us are just in a shorter line.’”

I’d still watch movies that starred Alec Baldwin, I think he’s a great actor.

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Alec Baldwin has hinted that he might end his career over the controversial abusive voicemail message he left to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.In a recording of the message, leaked to a celebrity website, Baldwin was heard calling his daughter a “rude, thoughtless pig.”

During an interview on American chat show The View, Baldwin, 46, said he has asked to be released from his contract for NBC program 30 Rock, because he doesn’t want the show to be negatively affected.

“If I never acted again I couldn’t care less,” he told the audience.

He also issued an emotional apology to Ireland: “Calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologise to my daughter for that.

“There’s nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation…it’s the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person.”

When asked by host Barbara Walters whether he meant the message for his ex-wife Kim Basinger, he replied, “I think that goes without saying.”

Baldwin did not say whether he had spoken to his daughter since the drama began, but he insisted it was an isolated incident. “In my own case, with this message, I had never done this before in my life,” he said.

In an earlier statement, Basinger said: “It is Kim’s sincerest wish is for [Alec] to finally address his unstable and irrational behaviour so he, at some point can potentially create a relationship with his daughter.”

Baldwin’s actor brother, Billy has come the troubled star’s defence.

He has said: “What people don’t understand is that when a man goes through a divorce, there is a fear that your ex-wife is poisoning the well and pitting your own child against you. Alec’s attitude and tone reflects that concern.”

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Troubled actor Alec Baldwin has had his request to leave TV show 30 Rock denied, because despite recent criticism over a leaked telephone rant, he is still “an important part” of the program.

Baldwin has been attacked by family groups after calling his 11-year-old daughter Ireland a “rude, thoughtless little pig” during a recorded telephone rage, which was aired on TMZ.com.

The Departed star submitted a formal request to leave the comedy yesterday, because he didn’t want the rest of the cast and crew to be “hurt by the situation” surrounding his bitter custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger.

But broadcasters NBC have refused to let him out of his contract, which sees Baldwin star as a slimy but charming network executive in charge of a prime time chat show.

A statement released by NBC says, “Alec Baldwin remains an important part of 30 Rock. We look forward to having him continue his role in the show.”

A close pal of Baldwin’s confirmed the actor will complete his obligation to the program, despite telling talk show The View early yesterday he “couldn’t care less” if he never acted again.

The pre-taped appearance is scheduled to air on Friday.

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Alec Baldwin has parted ways with his agents at a major Hollywood talent agency, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Baldwin left Creative Artists Agency for personal reasons, said spokesman Matthew Hiltzik. He did not elaborate.

The actor has made headlines in recent days after his angry voicemail to his daughter was obtained by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com and broadcast around the world.

Baldwin and actress Kim Basinger have been locked in a custody dispute over their 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, since their 2002 divorce.

In it, Baldwin yelled at his daughter for failing to answer the telephone for a prearranged call and called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig.”

Baldwin has since apologized.

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Alec Baldwin’s voicemail rant to his 11-year-old daughter has provoked a torrent of criticism – on his own Web site.

Writes “Wendy”: “Never call your daughter a pig or brainless. She will carry this in her heart forever. Words are like toothpaste; once they come out there’s no putting them back where they came from.”

Seconds “Kayla”: “Grow up and think of that CHILD. Be a man for once. There is no way on EARTH you can justify calling your child a pig. NONE.”

In the voicemail, which appeared on TMZ.com last week, Baldwin, 49, calls Ireland, his daughter with Kim Basinger, a “rude little pig” and threatens to “straighten your ass out.”

His rep later said in a statement that Baldwin “acknowledges that he should have used different language in parenting his child” but that “everyone who knows him privately knows what he has been put through for the past six years.”

Baldwin himself blamed his outburst – and its leak to the press – on Basinger, writing on his Web site on Friday: “I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. … Everyone who knows me privately knows that certain people will go to any lengths to embarrass me and to disrupt my relationship with my daughter.”

Some visitors to Baldwin’s site take him to task for blaming Basinger. Writes “Sandi”: “Alec, even though Kim was wrong leaking your tape, you had no right leaving a message like that for your daughter. She is the innocent one in your very public and messy divorce.”

But many of the messages are supportive. “Alec,” writes “Kelly,” “I am sorry that the public feels they have a right to judge your situation. Stay strong, love your children, take the high road and don’t look down. You are a father and a man first.”

Adds “Sandy”: “Alec, stay strong! Until someone is put in your shoes they have no idea the pain you are going through, I had to watch it first hand with my son. It is devastating. I never used my son as a pawn. A child needs both parents. Good luck & god Bless.”

However, Baldwin was not treated as sympathetically in the press. On Saturday, in an article about the actor’s online expression of remorse, the The New York Post ran the headline: ” ‘Pig’ Baldwin Oinks Up an Apology.’ ” And on Sunday, the New York Daily News reported that fans were turning against Baldwin because of the tirade.

Baldwin has reportedly been barred from seeing Ireland until a May 4 court date. The actor’s rep, Matthew Hiltzik, told the Post that the actor will follow the judge’s orders, and said: “Alec truly cares about the best interests of his daughter.”

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You’re just NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.  Alec Baldwin apparently upset with his daughter for not answering the phone - goes off on her, in an unbelievable way.  Keep in mind - his daughter is only 11.

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An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a “thoughtless little pig,” and bashing her mother Kim Basinger — and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw. And, we’ve learned, the tape could cost Baldwin his visitation rights.

After Ireland failed to answer her father’s scheduled morning phone call from New York on April 11, Alec went bersek on her voice mail, saying “Once again, I have made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone,” adding, “you have insulted me for the last time.”

Switching his train of thought, Baldwin then exercised his incredible parenting skills and took a shot at his ex-wife, declaring, “I don’t give a damn that you’re 12-years-old or 11-years-old, or a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn’t care about what you do.” The irate Baldwin went on to say, “You’ve make me feel like s**t” and threatened to “straighten your ass out.”

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“This crap you pull on me with this goddamn phone situation that you would never dream of doing to your mother,” screamed Baldwin, “and you do it to me constantly over and over again.”

Before hanging up, Baldwin warned the child, “You better be ready Friday the 20th to meet with me.” That’s tomorrow.

We’ve learned, Wednesday, that Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner Maren Nelson heard the tape and temporarily suspended Baldwin’s visitation rights. A hearing is set for May 4, where the judge could permanently deny Baldwin visitation or contact with Ireland.

Calls to Basinger’s attorneys, celebrity lawyers Neal Hersh and Judy Bogen, were not returned.

Baldwin’s lawyer, Vicki Greene, told TMZ, “Whatever happened yesterday was sealed and confidential. What you’re telling me you’ve got you shouldn’t have.”

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Kim has been saying for years how awful Alec is.  I wonder who “leaked” this message.  I’m just stunned, really.