Alec Baldwin says that working for him is more like working for a member of Congress than an actor. “So little glamour,” he said Monday at the National Press Club. “It’s more like going and raising money for people.” But when asked about those often-rumored political ambitions, he skirted the question. “I have a very important announcement that I’d like to make, I’m glad you’re all here,” he grinned. “It is today with great humility and a sense of pride and a great love of my country that I announce that I am running for the East Hampton Library Historical Society treasurer’s position.”
That being said, the actor was an open book on a lot of things. He addressed his recent American Airlines controversy at the beginning of this talk, which was supposed to be about the arts. He also quipped about why he stopped watching the “Today Show.” “Literally Katie Couric came down a staircase with jewels on and Matt Lauer was holding her hand and she was lip-syncing ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend,'” he said. “That was the day I turned off the ‘Today Show.'” He also explained that he wasn’t leaving “30 Rock,” even though a recent tweet made it sound to fans as if he was.
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The actor also had fond memories of the three years he spend living in the District attending George Washington University. Baldwin was a Hill intern for Rep. Jerry Ambro of New York and was working with a group of staffers who were “mythical alcoholics in training.”
“Everday they would have the roster there of all the parties that were in all the House and Senate office buildings and I came in and I was like Gomer Pyle,” Baldwin said, showcasing his best Washington wonk-meets-redneck impression. “They had a list of all the parties — the National Association of Carpet Shampooers, the National Association of Q-tip Weavers…and these guys that I worked with, they knew the skinny on them in terms of food and booze, they’d say, ‘remember the reception we went to with the Q-tip people? They had lobster,’ [and] I’d say, ‘I best we better go over and say howdy to the Q-tip people.'”
