Alec Baldwin is a much better actor than people give him credit for, IMNSHO. I think it has to do with the fact that he has absolutely no fear of looking like a dork or an ass. I love actors like that.
But his accent did suck.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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juliana - Mar 19, 2007 8:58:11 am PDT #7885 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
DavidS - Mar 19, 2007 9:00:22 am PDT #7886 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alec Baldwin is a much better actor than people give him credit for, IMNSHO.
There was a big appreciation for him on Salon recently. So I think people are cognizant of his skills. His SNL appearances really rescued his career when he was moving away from leading man stuff. And it helps that his turn in Glengarry Glenn Ross is absolutely iconic and he steals a movie with one of the greatest casts ever put on film.
Jessica - Mar 19, 2007 9:02:55 am PDT #7887 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Alec Baldwin is a much better actor than people give him credit for, IMNSHO.
I agree. Unfortunately, he shares Julianne Moore's inability to evaluate scripts, so he ends up in a LOT of crap.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2007 9:04:01 am PDT #7888 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Alec Baldwin is a much better actor than people give him credit for, IMNSHO. I think it has to do with the fact that he has absolutely no fear of looking like a dork or an ass. I love actors like that.
I also think it has to do with all his brothers being actors with trainwrecks of personal lives (though William seems to have just flat out disappeared since his 5 minutes of fame).
Vonnie K - Mar 19, 2007 9:04:49 am PDT #7889 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Baldwin is hysterically funny in 30 Rock. I've never thought of him as a comedy actor before this, but his comic timing on the show is just impeccable. I've enjoyed his performances in movies before, but I love him on the show, which I find wee bit mindblowing, since I'm used to pooh-pooh'ing him as "eh, another Baldwin brother".
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2007 9:06:36 am PDT #7890 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Baldwin is hysterically funny in 30 Rock. I've never thought of him as a comedy actor before this, but his comic timing on the show just impeccable.
And everyone forgets his first movie was BEETLEJUICE.
DavidS - Mar 19, 2007 9:08:35 am PDT #7891 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
His performance in Miami Blues is funny too, in a demented and dangerous way.
Vonnie K - Mar 19, 2007 9:09:18 am PDT #7892 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
And everyone forgets his first movie was BEETLEJUICE.
I know! He was fabulous in that, if I recall. Instead doing all those crappy dramas (GGGR excepted, etc.), he should have done more comedy. Even in The Departed, he mostly stole the scenes with his spot-on comedic performance.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2007 9:17:41 am PDT #7893 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm a big fan of MALICE, but I'm not sure I'd call it a good movie.
He did seem to start out doing comic roles, supporting or otherwise (besides BEETLEJUICE, he was also in WORKING GIRL and MARRIED TO THE MOB around the same time), but then he tried to play the leading man game. Though he was the best Jack Ryan in the best Jack Ryan movie.
I still wish he had ended up doing GALAXY QUEST like he was supposed to. Tim Allen was fine, but I think Baldwin would have been SUBLIME as a Shatner type.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 19, 2007 9:25:29 am PDT #7894 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And everyone forgets his first movie was BEETLEJUICE.
Maybe because he was actually in Forever Lulu and several TV movies like Dress Gray before Beetlejuice?
I first became aware of him on Knots Landing, where his character went from naive hick to abusive televangelist to dead in about 8 episodes.