Alec Baldwin Plans Retirement from Acting in 2012

Alec Baldwin says that he will quit acting after his contract for '30 Rock' expires, US Weekly reports. 

Baldwin told Men's Journal, "I don't have any interest in acting anymore. I'm not young, but I have time to do something else."  Baldwin also stated that he believes his movie career to have been "a complete failure," as he has not, in his opinion, "star[red] in a film where [his] performance [drove] the film, and the film [was] either a soaring critical or commercial success."

Alec Baldwin's stage credits include LOOT, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, SERIOUS MONEY, MACBETH, and SOUTH PACIFIC. On film, he has appeared in BEETLEJUICE, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, THE AVIATOR, THE DEPARTED, and THE COOLER, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.  His television credits include 'Knots Landing' and '30 Rock,' on which he currently plays Jack Donaghy.

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