Alec Baldwin Talks 30 Rock, Fatherhood, Trial

Summary

The Adam Friedland Show

Episode: Alec Baldwin Talks 30 Rock, Fatherhood, Trial
Date: December 3, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this lively and irreverent episode, Adam Friedland welcomes iconic actor Alec Baldwin for an unfiltered conversation about his storied career, fatherhood, coping with public scandal, and the art of acting. The episode is equal parts comedic and heartfelt, weaving in stories from Baldwin’s life on and off the screen, including deep dives into Glengarry Glen Ross and 30 Rock, the absurdities of celebrity, and frank reflections on family and personal loss. The episode is punctuated with spontaneous humor, improvisational banter, and a memorable prank call.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Walking Among Legends & The Onset of Celebrity

• Celebrity and Fan Interactions
  • Baldwin describes everyday interactions as both “bizarre” and draining, offering a window into living as a public figure.
  • Memorable quote:
    • "You walk around, and you're just kind of allergic to that... Some people see you on the street and say things to you." [06:16]

2. On Fatherhood and Family

• Raising a Big Family
  • Baldwin shares he now has eight children, with humor underscoring his exhaustion and joy:
    • "You lift up a sofa cushion, there's always a baby under there in my house." [08:10]
    • He speaks about being both a father to a toddler and grandfather to a child of the same age.
  • On the impact of having children during tough times:
    • "When you get to the point where you think less about where you get love than where you give love... with my kids, it's like I have a lot of love to give and I have all these kids around me all day long... they saved my life." [62:02]

3. Early Influences & Love of Film

• Movie Obsessions and Mimicry
  • Baldwin recalls staying up late to watch classic films, often mimicking actors:
    • "I'd walk around the whole day going, 'Air? You want air? I'll give you air.'" [11:34]
  • The obsession was fundamental to his self-education in acting:
    • "That's what you learn, right? Watching other people." [46:15]

4. Comedy, Acting, and Craft

• Transition from Drama to Comedy
  • Baldwin discusses the shift from dramatic roles (e.g., Glengarry Glen Ross) to comedic television (30 Rock, SNL) and how much he enjoyed the challenge.
  • On comedic acting:
    • "I learned not to be funny, but I learned what was funny... Tina was funny." [53:00]
• Unique Approaches to Roles
  • On the iconic "Put That Coffee Down" monologue in Glengarry Glen Ross:
    • "I admire all of them—and I had to piss in their face all day for three days." [43:30]
    • Ed Harris was so in character, Baldwin thought, "Ed Harris was gonna punch me in the face." [43:32]
• Advice for Young Actors
  • "I'd rather have a smaller role in a great film than a big role in a mediocre film." [46:27]
  • On working with auteurs:
    • "If you make a film with a good director, you have an increased chance. I've made films where we knew that... the most we could hope for was mediocrity." [46:35]

5. Life in the Tabloids & Public Scrutiny

• Adjusting to Fame
  • Baldwin is candid about the challenges of celebrity gossip and paparazzi:
    • "I never cared... It was when they got up close and almost hit my wife in the teeth with the lens of their camera… that's when I get a little panicky." [56:03]
  • Reflection on being typecast as a “tabloid fixture” or bully:
    • "As a bully, I bullied these photographers. I went up to one—the guys that were trying to take a picture of your newborn child..." [57:36]
• On the “Rust” Tragedy and Aftermath
  • Deeply personal reflection:
    • "Once they attempted to frame you and they couldn't do it, it ended, which that should be of grave concern to everybody that lives in that community..." [60:05]
    • He insists, "Do I feel overwhelmed and pained by the suffering and tragedy of what happened? Yes. But do I feel responsible? No." [61:19]

6. Cultural Observations: Religion, Family, Death

• Judaism vs. Catholicism
  • Adam and Alec riff hilariously and sincerely on faith, boredom in rituals, and suffering:
    • "It's your turn to be bored." – Baldwin [27:26]
    • "Catholicism, to me, is about redemption." [28:27]
• Mortality and Fear of Death
  • Reflecting on universal themes:
    • "It's the scariest thing ever. I don't understand—people are like, 'Public speaking is my biggest fear.' I was like, what about fucking dying?" – Adam [29:00]

7. Industry Anecdotes & Showbiz Satire

• Old-School Hollywood & Modern Investments
  • Baldwin describes actors who invested wisely:
    • “People I know who made less money in fees, but they invested it so wisely. They're rich beyond belief. …De Niro is the same way.” [25:19]
• Behind-the-Scenes Impressions
  • On working with famous directors and being self-directed when necessary.
  • Operation with crew and importance of director collaboration:
    • “It all goes through the director, they’re making the film...” [46:35]

8. Comedy Gold: Prank Calls and Boss Baby

• Legendary Prank Call Involving "President Trump"
  • Baldwin executes a live prank call to Adam’s father, imitating Donald Trump:
    • "You're talking to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. …We gotta get him out of the country. We’re sending him down to Uruguay..." – Alec Baldwin as Trump [21:48-22:14]
• Boss Baby Q&A
  • When pressed about "toxic workplace" allegations at Boss Baby:
    • "I can't comment on that." [71:11]
    • "Boss Baby is the perfect movie. I love Boss Baby. I think it's great." [71:23]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

On parenthood:

• "Well, you lift up a sofa cushion, there's always a baby under there in my house." — Alec Baldwin [08:10]

On the "Glengarry Glen Ross" monologue:

• "I admire all of them—and I had to piss in their face all day for three days." — Alec Baldwin [43:30]
• "Ed Harris was gonna punch me in the face." — Alec Baldwin [43:32]

On snl and comedy:

• "Unless you’re Stallone or Schwarzenegger... you gotta become one of the company. Pull your pants down and make an ass of yourself." — Alec Baldwin [55:03]

On the Rust tragedy:

• "Do I feel overwhelmed and pained by the suffering and the tragedy of what happened? Yes. But do I feel responsible? No." — Alec Baldwin [61:19]

Prank call, as "Trump":

• "We're sending him down to Uruguay. Uruguay? We're going to teach communications at the Uruguayan University of Communications." — Alec Baldwin [21:48]

On Boss Baby:

• "Boss Baby is the perfect movie. I love Boss Baby. I think it's great." — Alec Baldwin [71:23]

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Segment Timestamps

• Intro, Banter, and Set-up: [00:00–04:32]
• Alec Baldwin joins, celebrity/fan dynamics: [05:48–09:00]
• Early influences, family, movie obsession: [09:00–14:00]
• Comedy influences, Austin Powers discussion: [11:34–14:11]
• Religion, family, mortality: [27:12–29:06]
• Glengarry Glen Ross, acting, directors: [42:33–47:17]
• Working with big names, SNL, comedic transition: [53:00–55:16]
• Trials, "Rust" incident, public perception: [58:32–62:55]
• Future projects, artistic goals: [63:29–64:11]
• Love, sex, vulnerability, comedic therapy: [65:05–69:10]
• Boss Baby, rapid-fire closing: [71:11–72:13]

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Tone and Style

The episode is marked by Adam’s trademark dry, absurdist wit—often turning the conversation meta or self-deprecating—while Baldwin maintains a charismatic yet contemplative presence, oscillating between irreverent humor and genuine gravity. Banter is fast, loose, and blends the profane with the profound, often toggling from jokes about family to raw reflections on suffering and legacy.

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For New Listeners

This episode offers a vivid, funny, and occasionally poignant portrait of Alec Baldwin that transcends typical celebrity interviews. If you’re interested in Hollywood stories, the real cost of fame, or just want to hear two sharp minds riff on movies, mortality, and what it means to carry on after public scandal, this is an essential listen.

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[End of Summary]

Transcript

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[Alec Baldwin]

People will have a name who took the money they made. And it might not have been hundreds of millions of dollars in fees like leo or whatever, DiCaprio. But then there's people I know who made less money in fees, but they invested that money. Acting fees, your fee to perform.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, like sag. Oh, fees. Like you're on a movie.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You make a movie and you get PA paid. You know, you do Tom Cruise, you get $50 million.

[Adam Friedland]

You say the words right and you get $50 billion.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no. He does a lot more than that for 50 million.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you have Tom Cruz?

[Alec Baldwin]

Do I have Tom's number? Yeah, I have his sister's number.

[Adam Friedland]

You have his sister?

[Alec Baldwin]

But if I call her.

[Adam Friedland]

Who's she?

[Alec Baldwin]

Who's she? Yeah, she's Tom's.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Hello and welcome back to the Adam Friedland Show. I'm Adam Friedland. Guys.

[Adam Friedland]

Big episode today.

[Co-host/Announcer]

But before we start, I'm going back on the road. Emerald City Comedy Club Seattle, Washington. January 23rd. Oh, fuck, I did the dates wrong. Seattle, Washington. January 22nd, 23rd, 24th. I'm with Caleb Pitts, the man that is. He's sick. Today I'm doing five shows. Get [e-mail] there's also a link in the description of this video. I'd like to thank first off, as always our members for supporting us here on YouTube.com you make this show possible. Members get access to all of our episodes early. And if you join at the second or third tiers, you get your name in the credits of this fine program. If you'd like to join the Friedland Family foundation, you could do so by clicking the join button here on YouTube or by clicking the link in the description below. And you can also support us on Patreon if you'd prefer. The link for that is also in the description. And by Friedland Family Foundation, I don't mean anyone from my family. You know who you are, guys. Merch is also available. The AdamFreedland Show.

[Adam Friedland]

Check it out.

[Co-host/Announcer]

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[Adam Friedland]

It's gonna be.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Do we.

[Adam Friedland]

That's funny that Caleb put it in there.

[Co-host/Announcer]

I'm doing another one of those. Caleb Wrightson and I react for the first time.

[Adam Friedland]

It's a fun game that the people love.

[Co-host/Announcer]

My guest this week is the legendary American actor Alec Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin is known for many roles over the years, but perhaps his most iconic is his turn as Blake, the chastising associate sent to motivate the poor salesman of. Oh, was that his name? Blake Sent to motivate the salesman of Glengarry Clindross. His name was Blake.

[Adam Friedland]

Did you know that?

[Co-host/Announcer]

He didn't seem like a Blake. He was a made up character. They just gave him a last name.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I don't think anyone calls it.

[Co-host/Announcer]

They didn't put it in the play. There's no dialogue. It's just like a block of text.

[Adam Friedland]

And then he. His name.

[Co-host/Announcer]

He's known for his character. Put that coffee down.

[Adam Friedland]

The chastising associate motivated whatever.

[Co-host/Announcer]

It really is a career defining performance. One of the film's greatest monologues. The spark of drama that sets everything into motion. But there's too much cussing.

[Adam Friedland]

So here's what I would have said if I was him. This is good, Caleb.

[Co-host/Announcer]

I hope you're feeling better, my friend.

[Adam Friedland]

Hey, you piece of crap, put down your coffee and let's get to work. Enough lollygagging around here. We really need some work and we need to make some sales. So let's get this thing started, and let's have a great week at work. Thanks, everyone. Thanks, everyone for your time. And if you need anything, I'm always available. I really appreciate everyone's time, and I really. I can really see you. You guys are trying your hardest. Okay? So let's go do this. Guys, please.

Please enjoy my interview with Alec Baldwin, guys. This is a great one. I'm very proud of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, American institution, Alec Baldwin. I can't believe it, folks.

[Co-host/Announcer]

I can't believe it, folks.

[Adam Friedland]

I feel.

I feel. I feel truly. We had a pre interview yesterday. This is where it all ends. My hot streak. I'm outclassed and outgunned right now. Within five seconds, I'm like, it's really him.

[Alec Baldwin]

That's so bizarre. You know when you walk around.

And you're just kind of allergic to that, you know? Like, some people see you on the street and say things to you.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, you knew what you were doing.

[Alec Baldwin]

You say, calm down. You know what I mean?

[Adam Friedland]

Like, no, but you got on the phone, you're like, friedland. Yeah, Friedland. Tell me something. Are you as dry in real life as you are on the television screen? I'm like, it's him. I feel like Liz Lemon right now. What an honor.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Is charming.

[Adam Friedland]

Thank you so much. I'm a massive fan. I think I've researched too much. I mean, you missed the tinfoil hat, like pins on a. On a corkboard section. But we were. We were going quite deep. And it goes. And the corruption goes all the way to the top, mind you. I mean, this whole thing stinks. Obama, the Illuminati, with that pyramid with the eyeball. You look carefully at the dark, useful patsy. I would say. No, no. But it has been fun, kind of to just revisit your work and just remind myself, like, kind of anecdotally, the moments of my life that I interacted with it and, you know, and just kind of the.

[Alec Baldwin]

How old are you, if I may ask?

[Adam Friedland]

I'm 38 years old. No.

[Alec Baldwin]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You look younger.

[Adam Friedland]

How familiar are you with this. This show right now?

[Alec Baldwin]

I watched your show because the people from my heart said it's always that thing where they're like, well, your podcast would do better if you did other podcasts.

[Adam Friedland]

This is a talk show.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, a talk show. I'm sorry.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. So talk show. Real talk.

[Alec Baldwin]

Your podcast would do better if you did more talk shows.

[Adam Friedland]

Thank you.

[Alec Baldwin]

So I. They said to me that you were hot, and your show Was hot.

[Adam Friedland]

Thanks.

[Alec Baldwin]

And your middle name is Hot.

[Adam Friedland]

One of the hottest guys said that to me.

[Alec Baldwin]

And then so they said to me, come on. Normally I don't do a lot of that because I have kids now. I have a lot of kids. So I'm kind of busy with other things. When I leave here, I gotta go pick up my kids from school.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, you have like, seven of them.

[Alec Baldwin]

I have eight children. My oldest is. Well, my oldest.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Oh, you're oldest?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Eight now. Well, you lift up a sofa cushion, there's always a baby under there. On my house.

[Adam Friedland]

Where do you get the energy?

[Alec Baldwin]

I don't, actually, because I'm half dead from exhaustion. I have my older daughter, Ireland. She's married, kind of, and has a baby and then. And I have a baby and a grandchild that are the same age.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

That's some freaky shit right there.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's a little weed. Yeah, something.

[Adam Friedland]

Are you a weed weed guy?

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no. But I've taken some gummies from my. I have bad, horrible insomnia. Do you sleep well?

[Adam Friedland]

I took a half of a 5 milligram and watched Fantastic Mr. Fox with my girlfriend. And I kept saying, this is so well done.

[Alec Baldwin]

My God, this documentary is amazing.

[Adam Friedland]

I've really enjoyed learning about your life. When you speak about filming and the theatrical arts, you kind of seem like you're in love.

[Alec Baldwin]

Parts of it. Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

From what I understand, like, from a very young age, you grew up in Long Island, Irish Catholic family.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Your dad let you stay up late and watch movies?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, he would. He'd fall asleep. He would come home. He always had some other. He was a schoolteacher. He always had some evening functions he did and jobs he did to supplement his income. And then he'd come home, and my mother was, like, out of it. So I'd say, who's gonna let dad in? Like, he didn't have a key to his own house. You know what I mean? So I would wait for him to come, and he'd go in the kitchen and make a sandwich and come in and have something to drink. And he'd watch and he'd look at the New York Times used to have those really pithy little reviews of movies. So we'd say, you know, ball of Fire. You know, Barbara Stanberg tells Gary Cooper where he can go. And my father would go, wow, Ball of Fire. That's a great movie. I said, let's watch it. He'd say, no, no, you got to go to bed. I go, let's watch. 10 minutes. This is my game. And within 10 minutes he was asleep. And I would watch the whole movie till one o' clock in the morning.

[Adam Friedland]

And what were those movies that you were like? What.

[Alec Baldwin]

What are you, a big movie freak?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Five Graves to Cairo with Franchotone.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Hawkween was My Valley.

[Adam Friedland]

The best.

[Alec Baldwin]

Ball of Fire.

[Adam Friedland]

Sorry, Ball of Fire.

[Alec Baldwin]

Ball of Fire is a comedy with Barbara Stanwick, who I love. The first movie I ever watch on TV all the way through till one in the morning was. Sorry, Wrong Number with Barbara Stamek and Burt Lancaster. Great thriller. One of the great thrillers of all time. Yeah, but.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, when I've, like, watched interviews with you, you're like an incredible mimic. And something I've, like, connected in my mind was like, I imagine, like a kid watching tv.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

And then you kind of doing the voices. Did you feel like you were transcending Long Island?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, I would be there watching a movie and someone would come on. I remember watching movies. For those of you here who are a little older, when you watch movies back then, I mean, you had like an ayurvedic sense of focus. You know, you would.

[Adam Friedland]

They were live, right?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, yeah. Well, you'd watch the movie and there was no button to press. There was no vhs, no vcr, no rewind. You watch and you got locked in. You, like, watched and heard everything. So when James Cagney, you would talk about impersonating people. He would say lines. You'd walk away an hour later and be. The guy's in the trunk. The guy says, you know, open up, open up. I can't breathe. I need some air. And Cagney's like, air? You want air? I'll give you air. Boom, boom, boom. And he shoots the trunk of the car. Now I'd walk around. I was like 10 years old. I'd walk around the whole day going, air. You want air? I'll give you air. And you just. These lived in your mind all the time.

[Adam Friedland]

I was an Austin Powers kid. It worked. Yeah, it was pretty cool. Everyone at school thought it was cool. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You like Mike Myers? Have you followed his whole career?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. I mean, that's kind of my age.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, beyond Austin Powers. Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

The Love Guru. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Shrek remakes and Shrek sequels. More Shrek.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, really? I thought that was the real Shrek. There's Mike Myers.

[Alec Baldwin]

Mike Myers does. Yeah, but those Austin Powers movies. What was the Scottish guy's name? The Scottish Fat Bastard.

[Adam Friedland]

Thank you.

[Alec Baldwin]

He did all that? Yeah. Fat Bastard.

[Adam Friedland]

This is our age demo. It was pretty cool. Do you remember how funny that was for us when he had to pee for a long time after he got unfrozen? That was a real moment. I remember taking my parents to that. My mom was like, what? Like, I don't want to go see the second one. Like, I was like. She was like, it's really a disgusting.

[Alec Baldwin]

My kids love that. They love Zoolander.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

They love anything that's nasty.

[Adam Friedland]

Stiller is really funny. I mean, I liked growing up, our. Our generation's Borat. I feel like you.

[Alec Baldwin]

You do? My kids love Borat.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, they do. They're like, they want to see Borat. They want to see. You know, they want to see the guy's ass on his face. The guy naked.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, the fat guy. Yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

The fat guy puts his ass on his head. I'm sorry. I apologize to you. I love. You know what I love? I love Sacha Baron Cohen and Sweeney Todd when they do the duel. The. The shaving duel where they both shave the guy.

[Adam Friedland]

I haven't seen it, but I saw him. He did. In Les Mis.

[Alec Baldwin]

Sachet. Baron Cohen does Les Mis.

[Adam Friedland]

He does a Master of the House.

[Alec Baldwin]

He does.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, I've never seen that. You've never seen Lame Mis Anniversary issue of the show.

[Adam Friedland]

I think it was a movie with a. Yeah. Anne Hathaway. She's. She plays, like a prostitute. They cut her.

[Alec Baldwin]

He does Master of the House. I didn't know that.

[Adam Friedland]

Is it. If it's. No talking. If it's only songs. That's what me and my girlfriend had an argument about. I was like, keep watching. She's like, there's not. They're not doing sentences. It's just songs.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, you got to think about, like, people who wrote opera, how they tried to keep it interesting, you know? You're not going to sit there and go, I am hungry. I want to call this food store to deliver my food.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, Like.

[Alec Baldwin]

Like everything. Well, everything that's kind of quotidian.

[Adam Friedland]

That guy Sondheim does that. Right? It's like that. I went to the. It's kind of bullshit. It doesn't have to be a song.

[Alec Baldwin]

He does it slightly better than that.

[Adam Friedland]

Just fucking say it, dude.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I'm saying the idea of an opera, which. I attend the opera now and then, and everything is sung, and I. I left to read the screen because I don't speak German or whatever. And you wonder how they have a.

[Adam Friedland]

Lot of good thoughts.

[Alec Baldwin]

Got some good lines.

[Adam Friedland]

He has some great killer lines. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Great jokes.

[Adam Friedland]

If I was a German, non Jew person. And they were playing that. It's very emotional. You could sell a fascism with that music.

[Alec Baldwin]

I do get a little nervous when I put on Wagner.

[Adam Friedland]

No, it's fine. You can listen.

[Alec Baldwin]

I have your permission.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. I'll give you the path. It's so beautiful. Tannhauser.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

You're a big class.

[Alec Baldwin]

Is my favorite.

[Adam Friedland]

That's your thing. Classical.

[Alec Baldwin]

I. Yeah, I'm a big nut. I was in LA and I was driving around. I was, you know, living out there for a while, going back and forth for 30 years. I had a home in both places. And I'm in the car and I put on the local classical station and I just. I. I never turned back. All I listened to now is pretty much classical.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you remember what was playing?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Wagner. No, Richard Wagner.

[Alec Baldwin]

Richard Wag.

[Adam Friedland]

Richard Wagner on the show recently. I was like, no. I said, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

I was not.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm afraid to release it. I don't think I've ever met a racist. I think that was the first racist I've met.

[Alec Baldwin]

She was she racist on your show?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, my God. But I didn't know how to interact with it because it was kind of. A woman was yelling at me, and I really hate when that happened.

[Alec Baldwin]

She was yelling at you?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah. I was trying to just. I was trying to. I think I said to her, I'm nice. Stop yelling.

[Alec Baldwin]

Whenever women yell, especially the same thing, which is my line always, which is, they're so mad. Well, a friend of mine taught me this, which was, women yell at you. No offense, but when women yell at you, just say the line, I don't understand.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Alec Baldwin]

And they just keep saying it, and then they leave. They'll say something to you and you go, I don't understand.

[Adam Friedland]

They don't like it when you ask questions about what they mean. They really don't like that either.

[Alec Baldwin]

Say, I don't understand. It'll be gone in five minutes.

[Adam Friedland]

They don't like it. I bet you like Zoron's girl is probably mad at him for working too long because he was. Because he was campaigning too much.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

You know, I think it's excited about that.

[Alec Baldwin]

Are you excited about where the city's headed? The direction we're headed?

[Adam Friedland]

I think he's pretty smart guy. Yeah, I met him. I met him.

[Alec Baldwin]

I think he'd been done the show.

[Adam Friedland]

He's straight. No, not yet, but he. It was really, you know, in 92. Like, my parents were really excited about Clinton. Right. And they had like, don't stop thinking about tomorrow, the Fleetwood Mac. And then it kind of dawned on me that that was the first boomer, right? That was, like, in national politics. And when I met him, he. We just both like soccer and hip hop, and we're just the lamest guys, me and Zo. Yeah, we were just.

[Alec Baldwin]

Where'd you meet him?

[Adam Friedland]

I met him in Queens.

[Alec Baldwin]

You mean Mandani?

[Adam Friedland]

It's kind of representation. It's kind of Wakanda for me. It's like we're both like. You know what I mean? Like, he's a millennial. He's like a. He was a uniquely normal.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, the strangest introduction I ever had was I was at the Kennedy Center Honors years ago. I used to go pretty frequently and did a couple shows for Wagner getting the award. Yeah, Wagner's daughter got the award. Oh, yeah, she accepted.

The thing was that we were there, and my friend who passed away, she was a big lobbyist in Washington, Liz Robbins. And we're going through the luncheon. There's, like, four different events that you can go to if you're there for the weekend. So I go down there for the whole weekend that I'm there at this event. And you're saying hi to Richard Gephardt, and you're saying hi to this person, and you're saying hi to this congressman or whatever, and this woman senator or whatever. And as I don't see over here, and Liz goes, and, you know, Secretary Kissinger. And I went, oh, wow. And Henry Kissinger's in front of me.

[Adam Friedland]

Hands up.

[Alec Baldwin]

And right prior to that, like, within a day or two, his mother had died. His mother lived up in Harlem in, like, I think, a little Jewish section of uptown. And she was a big community activist. She was very, very well loved. There was. And I turn to him, and I'm going, here's this guy who is essentially, you know, a war criminal.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. He caught a lot of people.

[Alec Baldwin]

He's in front of me, and he's in front of me, and I go, I'm sorry about your mother. And he leans in and hugs me. He goes, that's very nice of you.

[Adam Friedland]

And he was so. He was like a ball.

[Alec Baldwin]

So thank you so much for saying this. And I thought to myself, I'm comforting Henry Kissinger.

[Adam Friedland]

Was he, like, five, two, but, like, rotund?

[Alec Baldwin]

He was a little bit of a fire, you know that he got more ass.

[Co-host/Announcer]

What was that?

[Alec Baldwin]

That's like a Nixon with the tapes.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you like the Nixon tapes?

[Alec Baldwin]

Do I like the Nixon tapes? I love.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, like, I think the writing, I think, okay, from a dramatic arts perspective, I think this. The writing on Nixon was the best writing in terms of, like, this guy's.

[Alec Baldwin]

Just a Oliver Stones movie.

[Co-host/Announcer]

No, I'm just saying.

[Adam Friedland]

No, the guy, Richard Nixon, like, the best president is Lincoln, right? He's like the best. He was. He did a good job, right? He saved the Union. Brother, come on, stop. But anyway, Nixon was just this loser. And every time he showed up anywhere, they'd be like, oh, it's Richard Nixon. You know the thing about Pat, right?

[Alec Baldwin]

What about her? When he was trying to, like, she smelled.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Date her.

[Adam Friedland]

She was like, no, you're Richard Nixon. I'm not going to date you.

[Alec Baldwin]

And he drove them on the dates.

[Adam Friedland]

And then he would chaperone her for like, 18 months.

[Alec Baldwin]

When you see Oliver's movie about Nixon, right? With the other guy, With. You see Oliver's movie about Nixon and what's the name? Ma says that to Kissinger. The interpreter says, the chairman wants to know how a fat man like you can have so many girlfriends.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, he's paying for it, probably.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no.

[Adam Friedland]

How many.

[Alec Baldwin]

How many women love power?

[Adam Friedland]

How many girls you got in your lifetime? Probably over a thousand.

[Alec Baldwin]

How many women know. That's very.

[Adam Friedland]

You're a.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're a movie star. No, I was busy man.

[Adam Friedland]

You're a busy man.

[Alec Baldwin]

I look at the woman, I go, I got 20 minutes?

[Adam Friedland]

No, you don't have 20 minutes.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no, no. I say to the woman, oh, the woman.

[Adam Friedland]

You got more time, right? Your kid can walk home. In your memoir, you talk about, when you're a young actor living in New York City, you talk about that you were into prank calls, you and your roommate.

[Alec Baldwin]

Tut.

[Adam Friedland]

Right?

[Alec Baldwin]

My roommate. I used to do this with my ex girlfriend.

[Adam Friedland]

Did you?

[Alec Baldwin]

Driving in from Long island on Sunday nights, we'd be driving on the LIE late at night, and we would leave messages on, like, corporate voicemails. So you'd call up and it would say, to reach human resources, press 26. And then you'd press 26. And the voice would come on and go, hi, it's Steve Regan. And they match me up the tone, and I get down and I go, oh, my God, Steve, last night was so magical. You left your watch on the night table, whatever the gag was.

[Adam Friedland]

Could you prank call my father?

Here's my pitch. You pray, call him as Donald Trump, and you say, your son is in big trouble with the administration.

[Alec Baldwin]

I should be so. Well, you know what? I can't do these voices.

But you say you're Trump. And right away your father will know. What stupid.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, my dad won't know. He's going to think that I'm going to Gitmo and it's going to be so funny.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I think I should say. Somebody should say. Not you, of course. Somebody should say, hold the line for Director Patel.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah, Cash.

[Alec Baldwin]

He wouldn't really know who that was.

[Adam Friedland]

My dad would have some words for Trump. I think it's going to be funny.

[Alec Baldwin]

But let's finish the interview first. You want to do it now?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, it'd be hilarious. This is going to be a moment of, like, talking about.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's more propository than I thought.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't have a phone on me. I mean, well, yes, this is Donald Trump. I have your son.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, I'm not going to say I'm Donald Trump.

[Adam Friedland]

No, just say it's. It's going to be because my dad.

[Alec Baldwin]

Say I'm the president. Yeah, he hates Trump. But if I say I'm Trump, that's going to give it away, that it's bullshit. What's his name?

[Adam Friedland]

Max.

[Alec Baldwin]

Max? Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Max Friedland. He's a. He's a great guy.

[Alec Baldwin]

Max Wagner is your fellow.

[Adam Friedland]

No, he's not. Come on, dude. We're on the other side. We're in the hiding side. Okay.

[Alec Baldwin]

Hold the line for the President of the United States, please.

One moment.

[Adam Friedland]

Dad, I think it's for you. Hello?

[Alec Baldwin]

Hold the line for the President of the United States, please. Hold the line for the President of the United States. Is this Max? Max, are you there? Max? I got a file in front of me that says you're in Vegas. Is that where you are, Max? Vegas?

[Adam Friedland]

Who am I talking to?

[Alec Baldwin]

You're talking to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. And I want you to know your son.

[Adam Friedland]

I know who you are.

[Alec Baldwin]

Your son is a mess, okay? We gotta get him out of the country. We're sending him down to Uruguay. Uruguay? We're going to teach communications at the Uruguayan University of Communications. Okay, but I want you to talk to him really quickly. He's only going to be in the country for another three or four hours. Here he is, Max. Thank you. Hold on. Say hello to your father.

[Adam Friedland]

Max, I'm in big trouble with the administration. I know.

[Alec Baldwin]

He's a Brit. He's a Brit.

[Adam Friedland]

He said every. Yeah, we're Capetonia juice. Dad, I'll talk to you later.

[Alec Baldwin]

You've been South African. They got it right the first time, okay?

[Adam Friedland]

They knew what they were doing. You've been pranked by the best Baldwin, who is still the best? Donald Trump. Oh, you hear that? Are you. You're coming for that James Pyrrhic victory, Yo. Okay. I love you, Dad. I love you, dad. Dad, you say, I love you back. Why didn't you say I love you back? I said I love you back. Okay, thanks a lot.

[Alec Baldwin]

Why?

[Adam Friedland]

He's really turned so nice recently.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

I can't handle it.

[Alec Baldwin]

Was he not like that when you were young?

[Adam Friedland]

No. Well, it's not.

[Alec Baldwin]

Are you bitter and cynical because of the way he treated you?

[Adam Friedland]

No, no.

[Co-host/Announcer]

He's my best friend.

[Adam Friedland]

He made me tough because we'd sit there arguing, but it would always be like a compliment, but it would be a criticism. The other day he's like, just be yourself. I'm like, what the fuck are you doing?

[Alec Baldwin]

Who's that?

[Co-host/Announcer]

Myself.

[Alec Baldwin]

Who's. How many kids in your family?

[Adam Friedland]

Two. I'm the older one.

[Alec Baldwin]

Who's the other one?

[Adam Friedland]

Zoe. We have the same birthday.

[Alec Baldwin]

That's the one that answers the phone.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah. She was in on it. She was in on it. Can I ask you if I could take your phone and could I do a prank call on Robert De Niro? Perhaps.

We get Hillary Clinton.

[Alec Baldwin]

I don't have anybody here who would have.

[Adam Friedland]

What about President Clinton? He's a real magic guy.

[Alec Baldwin]

Hillary Clinton. I mean, Chelsea Clinton.

[Adam Friedland]

No, no. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

If I. If I gave your number and you prank called Chelsea Clinton, I would be out of this country in about an hour.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm telling you, I'm not going to mess anything up for you. Robert De Niro is going to think this is really funny.

[Alec Baldwin]

De Niro's a very. No nonsense guy. He's very busy during the day.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Is he?

[Adam Friedland]

He's like that in real life.

[Alec Baldwin]

He's opening restaurants and hotels around the world. And he's a very successful businessman. No. Boo.

[Adam Friedland]

Is that annoying? He's like weird.

[Alec Baldwin]

No. Boo.

[Adam Friedland]

No. You guys, like dress up in costumes and pretend to be other people and then he's like a serious businessman.

[Alec Baldwin]

He's loaded with money.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, but it's like, you don't have to. You're fucking robbery.

[Alec Baldwin]

But while you make. I mean, I know people will have won't name who are like, maybe you've heard of them, Obama, Wagner. Who haven't. Who took the money they made. And it might not have been hundreds of millions of dollars in fees like Leo or, you know, whatever.

[Adam Friedland]

Leo who?

[Alec Baldwin]

DiCaprio. But these guys make a lot of money in fees. But then there's people I know who Made less money in fees, but they invested that money.

[Adam Friedland]

Fees?

[Alec Baldwin]

Like acting fees? Your feet.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, like sag?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, yeah. Well, yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, fees. Like you're.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're paid on a movie. Yeah, yeah. You make a movie and you get paid. You know, you do Tom Cruise. You get $50 million to do coolest job.

[Adam Friedland]

Right.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, but I'm saying, is that the.

[Adam Friedland]

You just say the words, right, and you get $50 billion.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no. He does a lot more than that. For 50 million.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you have. Do you have Tom Cruise? I'm just a huge guy.

[Alec Baldwin]

Tom's number? Yeah, I have a sister's number.

[Adam Friedland]

You have a sister?

[Alec Baldwin]

But if I call her.

[Adam Friedland]

Who's she?

[Alec Baldwin]

Who's she? Yeah, she's Tom's sister.

[Adam Friedland]

Wow.

[Alec Baldwin]

She runs a lot of his business.

[Co-host/Announcer]

He's one of.

[Adam Friedland]

He's one of my favorites.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I'm saying is that those people. I know, people who've taken less money, they haven't made as much money, but they invested it so wisely. They're rich beyond belief. Robert De Niro, If I told you some of them, you'd die. And De Niro is the same way. He invests in businesses.

[Adam Friedland]

Who has the most money.

[Alec Baldwin]

Was the most money of anybody I've ever met in my life. I have to say. One of the Beatles would probably be the most wealthy people.

[Adam Friedland]

Macca. Can we call Macca?

[Alec Baldwin]

Oh, no, no.

[Adam Friedland]

Why? You had a falling out with Macca?

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no. I just. I mean, for me, I kind of went underground for a while when I had my issue in New Mexico that I had to deal with.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, Macca. He wrote something. Well, we're friends. I mean, we have a lot of music guys here. This guy over here, Jake, is really close.

[Alec Baldwin]

You play? You play, are you.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, he jams.

[Alec Baldwin]

Where is he?

[Adam Friedland]

Me and Mac. Yeah. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're buddies with him?

[Adam Friedland]

Big time.

[Alec Baldwin]

Are you being serious?

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, he is. He's a. He's the best. He's like my favorite. Him and Bob Dylan. You. You missed because you were listening to, like, violins.

[Alec Baldwin]

I was listening to. Yeah, to Strauss.

[Adam Friedland]

You're listening to Strauss?

[Co-host/Announcer]

Strauss.

[Alec Baldwin]

Now, do you know. Do you like Bob Dylan?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah, he's the best.

[Alec Baldwin]

What do you love about Bob Dylan?

[Adam Friedland]

He's.

[Alec Baldwin]

I go in and out on Bob.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh. I mean, it's every era for different periods of your life. I went heavy Christian after a terrible breakup, and I was like. I did the. Then I realized. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, it's so nice.

[Alec Baldwin]

What brand of Christianity?

[Adam Friedland]

The Bob Dylan Christian? Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's like a.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're a Bob Dylan Christian?

[Adam Friedland]

Well, he had three Christian albums. And I was like, what? Maybe God loves you, right? And I was like, we didn't have that for Jews. Our God is like, Trump. He's like, if you don't respect me, I'm gonna smite you. If you make a golden calf, like, I'm gonna kill all of you. He's, like, very insecure. He's like, a bitch, but, like, it's not real. None of this is real. But, like, I'm like, oh, it's so nice that the Jesus thing, that God loves you so much, he'll let your son die. But then I snapped out of it.

[Alec Baldwin]

How would you define Judaism? What's your definition of what makes you Jewish? What's the definition? I have a friend of mine that gave me a great definition.

[Adam Friedland]

You do the thing. You say you do the thing, and it's boring. But, like, your grandpa was bored, too, so. But you feel like you're not gonna.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's your turn to be bored.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, it's kind of nice. It's gibberish. It's like, spells. I don't know. But it's like, you don't want to be the one that drops the ball.

[Alec Baldwin]

You raised. Very observant.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, if I do it, I. I know all the. Like, all the words.

[Alec Baldwin]

You know the words? I did.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I did. Full parsha, Haftorah, and I led.

[Alec Baldwin]

You went to. You went to Hebrew school.

[Adam Friedland]

We.

[Co-host/Announcer]

I. I didn't.

[Adam Friedland]

I went to. I was Bar Mitford Orthodox because it was free. That's why.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

It was free to go there. But I don't know. I think it's kind of. It's just like. That's kind of nice. The boredom is kind of. It doesn't make sense. You don't know what they're saying. But your grandpa did make sense to him, and that's kind of why. You know what I mean?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, I grew up Catholic.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, we're cousins.

[Alec Baldwin]

They spoke Latin back then, so it was also gibberish.

[Adam Friedland]

But, yeah, we both, like, like, hate ourselves, and we both think that life is just agony. We're cousins. I mean, all of my friends are either Catholic or Jewish or black.

[Alec Baldwin]

Catholic Catholicism, to me, is about redemption.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're like. You're like. No matter how bad you are, you have to see that there's a chance they'll be redeemed for what they did.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah. I stopped the Christian thing when I Realized that hell is the meanest thing ever. Can you imagine forever? Why is it. And if you're a baby and you haven't been baptized, what about hell was.

[Alec Baldwin]

Something that is just your hell, Like a thing you hate, like your own personal health?

[Co-host/Announcer]

I mean, it's sad.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

I think that it's just sad that people die. Wow, this is getting pretty. It's just sad that you have, you know, you're alive and then.

[Alec Baldwin]

Are you afraid to die?

[Adam Friedland]

It's the scariest thing ever. I don't understand. People are like, public speaking is my biggest fear. I was like, what about fucking dying?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, exactly.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Forever.

[Alec Baldwin]

What about things being thrown out of a plane?

[Adam Friedland]

What about fucking by a narcotic? Yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Ever see those movies when they do that? When they take the enemy and they bind him up and then they throw him out of the plane?

[Adam Friedland]

No.

[Alec Baldwin]

You ever see that, like, in a drug movie? Oh.

[Adam Friedland]

Like.

[Alec Baldwin]

Like take a guy, they just don't like Pedro when they throw him out of the park.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Like, if they're criminal, like.

[Alec Baldwin]

Or they're just the enemy.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah. But those guys are ready to die. You know, they're like, you know, they're.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Like, he's my die.

[Adam Friedland]

You know, like, it was that. Good acting. Okay, can we talk?

[Alec Baldwin]

Realize, Petro, you might be killed.

[Adam Friedland]

Can we talk a little bit about your. I've been going back through your filmography and your performances. It's just like, when you appear on a screen, it's like, oh, it's. It's my pal. It's like my old pal.

[Co-host/Announcer]

And this is going to be great.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, you could make a real turd watchable. Pearl harbor, you're like, you make your parts watchable, and that's one of the shittiest movies of all time. I mean, I'm serious. Yeah. And it's just like, I. I watched Hunt for Red October with my dad. This is like a hunky leading man back then.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

From. From, like, learning about what transpired afterwards. It wasn't the perception I had of you. I feel like the industry has been, like, a frustration, you know, like, especially when it came to, like, reprising your role as Jack Ryan.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, they wanted me to sign up with, like, a blank contract. When we start, when we finish, like, you only do this and you never do anything else. And I had an opportunity, as I wrote in my memoir, to do the Streetcar on Broadway, which was a very. That was like, the opportunity for an actor. That was it. I would never have that opportunity again. Ever.

[Adam Friedland]

My perception was that they kind of like, promised you and they threw me.

[Alec Baldwin]

Out of the plane.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's not bad to get replaced by the coolest guy of all time, right? Imagine Ryan Dennehy playing Jack Ryan. It's Han Solo. I mean, when I read about that, I was like, it's just so cynical. Like, it's a. You're like an artist, right? And when you talk about performing and acting, you get so passionate about it. I want to talk about that.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, you realize back then, when I lived, it was 89, 90. The movie came out in 90. And then in the ensuing couple years, the early 90s, I learned that you just really can't rely on anybody, what they say there. So I just. Whenever they'd say, blah, blah, bye, to them go, oh, that's great. I'm never counting on any of it happening. You know, it's very tough.

[Adam Friedland]

You just have to have monsters that do it for you. I have a whole team of ghouls.

[Alec Baldwin]

What was the genesis of this meeting? Were you, like, Rupert Pupkin in the basement and your mother's yelling down the stairs?

[Adam Friedland]

It is a joke. It's a joke that became a real thing. Yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

So it was a joke. And your mom goes, please. It's so annoying.

[Co-host/Announcer]

This.

[Adam Friedland]

No, she supported Fun of.

[Co-host/Announcer]

No, no.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. I was the. I was on a podcast that was for, like, I mean, whatever, guys. I mean, just idiots. He didn't smile. And now I've. Okay, I was on a podcast for, like, ugly men, right?

[Alec Baldwin]

Oh, for ugly men.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Not mentally.

[Adam Friedland]

Just like, the worst, you know, and it was like a cult status. It became very successful. And then one of us.

[Alec Baldwin]

What was it called?

[Adam Friedland]

It was called Cumtown. We tried.

[Co-host/Announcer]

They.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. Anyway, it got successful.

[Co-host/Announcer]

It's very.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't know. I was just there pretty much, but the. You know, the one of the guys left, and then the other guy's idea was to make, like, by far the least popular nebbish. Y. Kind of like the glasses, you know, allergies. I was.

[Alec Baldwin]

We all played a role on the show. What's it called? Cometown.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

So then on that show, were you, like, a leading man compared to them?

[Adam Friedland]

No, no, absolutely. So sometimes I wasn't even. I was barely even there. But. But, yeah, I think we went a little bit manic and publicly proclaimed we were gonna make a television show. We didn't know what cameras or anything. And then we recreated the Dick Cavett shows it.

[Alec Baldwin]

I have an image of you in a set like this in your basement and your mother, whatever. And you're sitting there and there's a line, you say, no. And that line you like sitting there and you go, I'll show them.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, no.

[Alec Baldwin]

Was that it?

[Adam Friedland]

Not like a scary. I'm not a scary guy like that.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, but it doesn't.

[Adam Friedland]

Then the real guests were coming. And then I decided for the first time in my life at 35 to try. And then I've kind of seen myself progress and it's given me a sense of self worth and it feels like I. It feels like I'm not like fast forwarding to being dead. And so it's just overwork. Why are you looking? Are you gonna punch me? No, I'm gonna fucking.

[Alec Baldwin]

I'll fuck you up.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm gonna fuck you up, dude.

[Co-host/Announcer]

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There's a guy in Park Slope, you know, that.

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[Adam Friedland]

I've been like, I watched the. The monologue from Glengarry Glen Ross. I have like so many friends that went to the revival that were like, that was. They didn't have. Put that coffee down. No.

[Alec Baldwin]

Nope.

[Adam Friedland]

It was like. Because that was only for the film. Did Mamet write that for you?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes. Not for me. He wrote it for the film.

[Adam Friedland]

And. And so like, do you conceive of that as like a moment for you?

[Alec Baldwin]

I really don't care in terms of like, I never really watch my own stuff and value it in any way.

[Adam Friedland]

It'S the best acting.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, no, no, but I'm saying that I called Matt, but I go, you won the Pulitzer Prize for the play. Why did you feel it necessary to add something to it? You won the Pulitzer. He said, I never believed these guys were criminals. I never believed they could commit a crime. They didn't have a criminal nature. So I needed another ratchet. I needed another turn of the screw to make them commit a crime. And you're gonna come in, you're gonna tell him, if you don't get this done tonight, it's over. Yeah. So he brought me in to do that. And it was really tough. Cause I admired all of them. And I had to piss in their face all day for three days.

[Adam Friedland]

Did they. Did it feel real?

[Alec Baldwin]

I thought Ed Harris was gonna punch me in the face.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? Because that's what I imagine in that room. You're with a murderer's row, right? Do you, like. Is there a competitive aspect of it? Is it, like, you don't want to get acted off the screen? Like, did. Did you bring it? Really? Because, like, fucking Pacino and Jack Lemmon.

[Alec Baldwin]

Were like, the Jack I admire. Yeah, well, you just really, you. I mean, everything you do, you've got to have some motivation. So it's like, I'm there with Foley. I've said this a million times. I'm there with Foley, who's the director. And I said, oh, this is tough, man. I mean, I'm just so mean to them. And Foley said to me, who just died recently, he said, it's like that scene in Patton where he slaps the soldier in the tent where he has yourself a soldier. Oh, you shell shock. And he goes, this scene is. You call yourself a salesman? He said, these guys, you're doing it for their own good. You're doing it to help them. You're helping them. I remember sitting there, I was like Popeye after he ate the spinach. You know what I mean? I remember sitting there going, let's go. And I'm like, you know, I got out of the chair and I. Yeah. And was ready to kill.

[Adam Friedland]

Did they show? Did they give you your flowers? Was Pacino like, ooh, you were great. You were great.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, he wasn't in the scene.

[Adam Friedland]

No, no, he wasn't in the scene. That's right.

[Alec Baldwin]

Jack Lemon say, like, no, Jack Lemmon didn't say a word to me.

[Adam Friedland]

They all did his pants, probably. I would.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, they just. They just stayed in the zone, you know? I mean, they were all in that zone all day long, three days.

[Adam Friedland]

It, in my mind, is a moment in, like. It feels like some of the best acting I've ever seen in a film. And you're only. You were probably on set for what, two days?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, half days.

[Adam Friedland]

And you kind of, like, steal. You steal.

[Alec Baldwin]

The most exciting thing when that movie was a good example was, you know, the. It's the people you work with. Obviously, the actors are a big part of it, but also the crew. Like, I've always worked well. I've been very blessed to work with some of the greatest cinematographers in history. And Juan Ruby Zanchia, who was the DP on that film, he was like, you know, Babanco's guy. And he was. I love him anyway. Juan Ruiz Anchia, he was great. I worked with Don McAlpine. I worked with Toll. John Toll, I worked with. You know, I'm forgetting now, but Bob Richardson. The legendary Bob Richardson, the one I did.

[Adam Friedland]

Is there ever a time where they're, like. They don't speak English? Right.

[Alec Baldwin]

You know the story.

[Adam Friedland]

What's the story?

[Alec Baldwin]

Carlo De Palma.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, of course.

[Co-host/Announcer]

That's a.

[Adam Friedland]

That's.

[Alec Baldwin]

He didn't speak English very well. We did Woody Allen's movie.

[Adam Friedland]

How does Woody communicate with the.

[Alec Baldwin]

He doesn't talk to you.

[Adam Friedland]

He's like, just tell.

[Alec Baldwin]

They go off and mumble.

[Adam Friedland]

Just go over the. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You put the camera near her, closer to her.

[Adam Friedland]

You did three woodies.

[Alec Baldwin]

I did three woodies, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

In transitioning to, like, being a comedic actor, which, like, you have a classical training.

[Alec Baldwin]

Right.

[Adam Friedland]

You studied at NYU and, like, Strasbourg. But kind of, in some ways, the way I see it is, like, you at the tv, that was the beginning of your education.

[Alec Baldwin]

That's what you learn, Right. Watching other people.

[Adam Friedland]

And it's kind of like you were picking. That was like, the beginning of theater school for you. Right. And, like, are you the best actor you've ever been right now? Like, is it something that evolves over time or.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, I think it's hard to. You. I'd rather give a. I'd rather have a smaller role in a great film.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Than have a big role in a mediocre film.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You know, the key is, are you making a film with people who. I said, listen, I said this quote in a documentary I did. I said, avoiding any kind of relationship or any kind of communication with the director and not availing yourself of the director's skills. I said, it's like trying to avoid the birth canal when you're being born. It all goes through the director, they're making the film. So if you make a film with a good director, you have an increased chance. I've made films where we knew that if everybody did their job perfectly every day, the most we could hope for was mediocrity. You know what I mean? It wasn't on the page. I wanted to go to work. But when I work with Marty or somebody like that, I'm like, you know, fuck, that's exciting.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, you were in two. You kind of stole Departed too. No, you.

[Co-host/Announcer]

You seen.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I love doing the Aviator because I love that period. I love Leo in that role.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah. As Juan.

[Alec Baldwin]

I was.

[Adam Friedland]

Exactly.

[Alec Baldwin]

And my. And his daughter is my neighbor on Long Island. She was Betsy de Bececky. I sat with her. Betsy de Becky said to me, I'll never forget.

[Adam Friedland]

She's not. Fat stacks. No. Or she's. No, she's probably Big house.

[Alec Baldwin]

No. Yeah, yeah. She's passed away, but.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Alec Baldwin]

She had a nice house.

[Adam Friedland]

Sorry. May her memory be a blessing.

[Alec Baldwin]

There was some historical. But anyway, so triple. I'm there with her, and she goes, do you think that Mr. Scorsese would like to have my dad's luggage in the film? And I go, I don't know. I can call him and ask him. And she. He had Halliburton luggage, that stainless steel luggage, beautiful luggage, all stamped with the logo of Pan Am on there. And I remember those thinking, my God, it's like, sell me this fucking luggage right now, right? For a million dollars. I'll give you a million dollars.

[Adam Friedland]

Did you sell Marty?

[Alec Baldwin]

I told Marty money. Like, no.

[Adam Friedland]

That sucks, because you're trying to impress him. You were like, marty, I found the real luggage of the guy.

[Alec Baldwin]

You realize your research isn't to change the script. I've had that happen.

[Adam Friedland]

That's not changing the script. You're, like, going above and beyond. You're being a good student. You're like.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're trying to bring what you can. You're trying to bring.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, it's Martin Square. Are there directors that you've wanted to fucking just pummel? Like, there have to be. Some of them have to be, like, manipulative, fucking sociopathic.

[Alec Baldwin]

I've been in situations where early on. Yeah, I don't even think they roll the camera. Like, you're in meetings before, and the guy's obviously not. Doesn't have anything to say. Like, you just think differently. I'm not. I don't want to judge people and say mean things about them, but there's like one or two cases where I sat there and I said to the producers, we get alone in a room and I go get somebody else. I don't want to do that. I want to go home.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, because you're naturally manipulating someone into giving a performance, Right. So there is some sort of.

[Alec Baldwin]

You gotta have a good director. You gotta have a decent director. I did this movie, the Cooler.

[Adam Friedland]

Great movie.

[Alec Baldwin]

And. Yeah. And Wayne Cranber was the writer director. And it was like. And I just loved him. He was really, really. He was into listening to what you had to say. But in the end, you defer to the fact. Like, if you read a script and you agree to do the film, you agree to do that script, you can't come in there, which many actors do, and try to change things after the fact. You come in and then you say to them, let's do some alternative. We'll do it as written. Then let's do some improvisations. But always do it as written. That's what we're obligated to do.

[Adam Friedland]

We just had Bill Macy, who was also in that movie, and I say Bill because it's like, I'm also famous. He said, I call him Bill. It's kind of sick.

[Alec Baldwin]

I made three movies with Bill.

[Adam Friedland]

Bill H. Macy. Yeah. But he was the. You were nominated for the Cooler.

[Alec Baldwin]

I did the Cooler with him, Ghost of Mississippi. And then I did A State in Maine with. With Mamet.

[Adam Friedland]

So he took. Mamet was like his, like, kind of mentor.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. And the way he described his process was like, the least, like, dickheaded way that acting has ever been described to me, which is that there's no character. There's just an objective. Like, it's. It's. You do your job right, and if.

[Alec Baldwin]

You do it, that's the Mammoth School. Mammoth wrote a book. Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Like, did that rub off on you in working with him? No.

[Alec Baldwin]

No.

[Adam Friedland]

You don't buy it. You don't buy in.

[Alec Baldwin]

I've worked with directors, not many, but a couple, where they say to me, could you do this and do this? And I didn't quite understand, but I'd always go because of time. You're part of a collaboration where time is urgent. So I say to the guy, sure. I go, I'll do that right now. Let's do another one. I'll do that. And I go right back and do exactly what I did before.

[Adam Friedland]

Right.

[Alec Baldwin]

I go, how was that?

[Adam Friedland]

So what's your process?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, if the director is somebody who is. This is the torture of. Not torture but the torment of how we work now is that if there's people who are great directors or you think they're onto something, like Wayne, when I worked with him, he wasn't famous. But when they're onto something, you do what they want to do, let them lead you. But then with other people, you have to be self directing, which is tough. You have to decide, well, I think this is what I should do. And guys will walk up to you and go, oh, don't do that. Or don't do that. See, one thing you always do, I know this is, we're digressing, but one thing you always try to do is how much of a performer is the character. So in Glengarry, that guy was a performer. He'd gone around the New York real estate world and beyond, yelling at people, straighten them out. Being a real meat, motivating them. Motivate is their word. And so whenever you do films and things like that, you have to wonder, is the guy, like, I always say the same tired line, which is that Robert Duvall plays Boo Bradley in To Kill a Mockingbird. He doesn't have one line. It's one of the most shattering performances you've ever seen in your lifetime. So acting is physical, acting is emotional, acting is interiority, all these different things. And when you're doing something with a director and they don't get what you're doing, it's tough.

[Adam Friedland]

You and Mamet, and especially in Glengarry Glen Ross, it's so testosterone driven. Right? And they're so masculine. Those scripts are tough. Yeah. You're in a world where you put on costumes and you pretend to be other people, but the theatrical arts are not. Like, there's a sensitivity about them, but.

[Alec Baldwin]

Like, well, you can walk in, you can walk onto the set with Mamet and you say to yourself, the films he's directed that he's written have been less successful than the scripts he wrote that other people directed. But that can't influence what you do. You have to go in with people and always say and think the best. I'm not just saying this to be warm, you know, I mean, you go in there, you don't want to predict failure. I've made movies where the other actor or actress was someone who I didn't quite understand what they were doing, sucked, and I didn't quite understand why the director wasn't on them.

[Adam Friedland]

Who is it?

[Alec Baldwin]

And Liz Lemon, we were all thinking, she's the opposite.

[Adam Friedland]

She's the funniest person on earth.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, she's Such a unique person, you know, because she's so funny in that way. I mean, you realize that when I worked with them, I wasn't funny when I worked with them.

[Adam Friedland]

Shut the fuck up.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, no, no, but I'm being. I mean, I've done some snl, but the point is this. But I really mean, I learned not to be funny, but I learned what was funny. A lot of things you see now on tv, I mean, a ton of it is more cute than funny. And Tina was funny. I mean, they'd hand me scripts. We do a Wednesday read through, and they'd hand us the script on a Wednesday morning. And I'd read it in the makeup chair. And then we'd go up to a lunch conference room, which had cameras to beam us to Burbank for the executives in California to watch the read through at 12 noon. And we'd be. And they'd hand me the script, I'd read. I'd go see Robert Carlock for the lunch read through. And I look at him, I go, are you fucking kidding me? You want me to do. You're out of your mind. You want me to do this? Which was. I was like a gay Mexican soap opera star playing against myself doing the Patty Duke thing. And he was like, Karadlock always said the same thing. He said, it's a big swing. It's a big swing, but we know you can. We have faith in you.

[Adam Friedland]

We think you can do fun too. Right?

[Alec Baldwin]

I never had more fun in my.

[Adam Friedland]

The scene. There's a particular scene which I think your performance is a master class in, like, comedic acting. But it's the scene where you take Tracy to meet the NBC therapist and you play. You play like 12 different characters.

[Alec Baldwin]

I bust up a ship, a rope.

[Adam Friedland]

And he starts engaging. It's. It's just. It is like a perfect scene. I actually just this morning remembered another scene of yours, which I literally made me pee my pants when I was a kid. We're like, younger, but it. Along came. Paulie, when you're pissing next to Ben Stiller and then you, like, you tenderly, like, squeeze his earlobe.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Adam Friedland]

And then you start massaging. Especially after you've been pissing and you're his boss, of course. It's. It's just.

[Alec Baldwin]

I knew she was a dime store.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Who.

[Alec Baldwin]

At the moment. I lied, dude.

[Adam Friedland]

I. Who had the vision that, like. Who knew you were funny because you're gonna do this. Like, I. I'm not funny at all. I'm just an actor. But, like, was it lorne like, did.

[Alec Baldwin]

I went and did SNL the first time. And what I learned was, unless you're Stallone or Schwarzenegger, where they're gonna make up fun of your Persona, if they're not gonna do that, you gotta become one of the company. Just pull your pants down and make an ass of yourself.

[Adam Friedland]

Is it more fun?

[Alec Baldwin]

Oh, yeah, yeah. No, I loved SNL because you would never. There's things you do there. Not all of it, but there were things you would do that you would never do anywhere else.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

To have that experience, you had to.

[Adam Friedland]

Do that show, like Little Canteen Boy. That's.

[Alec Baldwin]

I don't think he was Little Canteen Boy.

[Adam Friedland]

What is it?

[Alec Baldwin]

I think he was strapping Canteen.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, that was what it was.

[Alec Baldwin]

Oh, no, no, I was. No, I was the scout measure. He was. You're right.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah. You know, we used to live in a Sandler battery. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

They got more complaints about that sketch than any sketch.

[Adam Friedland]

Pretty funny, honestly. Do you. Do you ever fear that, like, your perception as a celebrity might overshadow, like, the very reason why you're a celebrity?

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, yeah. You have to be very careful. I tell people all the time who are young. I'm like, don't see the people who are the biggest stars. You know the least about them. Yeah. And they control them.

[Adam Friedland]

I would be a ghost.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Because if you go out, if they see you doing things in public and it's not appealing or attractive, it's not. It's not going to help you. Like, I mean, I felt like if guys were 75ft away with a long lens and they took your picture, I never cared. It was when they got up close and almost hit my wife in the. The teeth with the lens of their camera.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, I would get.

[Alec Baldwin]

That's when I get a little panicky. Yeah. I did get. I mean, I took the bait more.

[Adam Friedland]

Than once, but it's not the bait. They're hitting your wife in the face with a camera.

[Alec Baldwin]

Almost.

[Adam Friedland]

Was the first time you got paparazzi, like, kind of cool. Were you like, dude, I must be sexy.

[Alec Baldwin]

I've hated him from day one.

[Adam Friedland]

You hated them day one. There's an Italian guy following you around. He's like, bella, Bella. You know, I don't know what they're like. I've never gotten one.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, here it's. We hear it's gone from like a. You see, you're too young to remember. Like, here it's gone from, like, a very, very obscure corner of the entertainment space as a Room. They were off in a little corner. And all this kind of salacious, gossipy stuff was very, very, very like third or fourth tier.

[Adam Friedland]

It wasn't in know about people's lives.

[Alec Baldwin]

And now it's an industry. And now they're going on and making a fool of famous, wealthy sports figures, music figures, entertainers or whatever, actors, businessmen, musk whoever, politicians, to humiliate them and embarrass them publicly. That's a huge industry now, a very big industry. So they're out there with nets trying to catch something.

[Adam Friedland]

I feel like I'm lucky that I'm not a punching guy. I'm more of a. Like, I'll. Psychologically, you call your lawyer. The long game. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

You stare at them.

[Adam Friedland]

Do you think that you were characterized as like a. Like a bully, a tabloid fixture?

[Alec Baldwin]

As a bully, I bullied these photographers. I went up to one the guys.

[Adam Friedland]

That were trying to take a picture of your newborn child.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, one guy walks up, we're coming out of our building, and we're walking down the block. And he's walking backwards and he's really big. He's like six, four. He's tall. He's a big guy. You know what I mean? And he doesn't pay attention. He trips and falls and sits on a baby in a stroller. What's behind him?

[Adam Friedland]

Your baby?

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, somebody else's. A woman's coming this way. And he's going backwards. And he falls onto the. And sits on the baby and stroller. And I thought to myself, well, I won't say what I thought.

[Adam Friedland]

You're like, it's my fault. No, no, I'm a really.

[Alec Baldwin]

We should just chop him up now, right here.

[Adam Friedland]

I wanted to mention something to you that I. I felt. And I've been. It's kind of like been dawned on me since I was like, doing the research for you. And it's going back to what I said is like, that your celebrity sometimes.

[Alec Baldwin]

Has overshadowed kind of my reputation is what you mean.

[Co-host/Announcer]

But it's just.

[Alec Baldwin]

You use the word celebrity or rethink public life, right?

[Adam Friedland]

Something I've picked up on is like, I watched your reality show, right? And why? Because, like, I was being thorough, but, like, it really dawned. The first thought I had was like, is this what you have to do these days? Like, in a moment of extreme, like.

[Alec Baldwin]

Personal crisis, like, I'm weeping in a conference room with some publicists and I go, what can I do to clean up this massive. And they go, you can have seven kids.

[Adam Friedland]

Is it? But like, what I'm saying is, for me personally.

I'm not into celebrity gossip, but when I heard about what happened, it didn't sound real to me.

[Alec Baldwin]

Where.

[Adam Friedland]

Right in New Mexico. It didn't sound like a real thing. That happened in the real world. I think we probably made jokes about it. It didn't dawn on me until I was doing research for the show. And I really felt like it would be something that you would carry for the rest of your life. And it just. It kind of dawned on me that, like, people don't perceive public figures as real human beings, perhaps.

[Alec Baldwin]

I think that in that case, among among countless things I could say was the idea that when my case imploded and was over and it was over, not because of a statement of a jury or of the cleverness of my lawyers, the judge ended the trial. The judge terminated the trial. She thought, this is enough of this. This is just insane. And when that happened.

A friend of mine, a woman who was an attorney, very famous attorney, she said to me that what bothered her was, she said, once they couldn't get you, it was over. The case didn't continue. They're not out there looking for the guy that brought the bullets onto the set. They're not doing. Once they attempted to frame you and they couldn't do it, it ended, which that should be of grave concern to everybody that lives in that community, that it just imploded because they didn't succeed at their other.

[Adam Friedland]

Certainly. But beyond that.

I looked at the way that it's discussed in popular discourse and on the Internet. I looked at Reddit.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, Reddit's bad.

[Adam Friedland]

It's bad, but it's. People don't process it in a way that this is clearly something that is not someone's fault. Instead, they kind of, in a very unfair way, assign blame to you. No, it's not funny. Funny is like, at least like.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, a lot of it. They try. They think it's funny.

[Adam Friedland]

Funny is at least, like, ironic. I think people that genuinely assign blame for something that's like, literally that you'll carry for the rest of your life. And it really upset me, especially because I've been revisiting all your work, that this thing could overshadow what is so beloved about you.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, I mean, on one hand, you say to yourself, you say carry for the rest of your life. I don't really carry anything for the rest of my life. Meaning, do I feel overwhelmed and pained by the suffering and the tragedy of what happened? Yes. But do I feel responsible? No.

[Adam Friedland]

No.

[Alec Baldwin]

Because what Happened was, remember they decided to leapfrog over or pole vault over. The whole idea that in the previous several days we were doing the film, we did a protocol that we did the same thing. And nobody came up to me in my shooting in the film. You don't know. I just want to say, because you did bring it up, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 days. No one came up to me and said, hey, let's do it this way. It was only after the fact that they said, oh, we're supposed to do it this way, but let me just close.

[Adam Friedland]

I don't want to, but I want.

[Alec Baldwin]

To end on a positive note. Yeah, yeah, no, but let me just say this. Having my kids and having all These children, I'm 67 years old. I got a three year old baby. So I got a lot of kids at home, little kids, and they saved my life. And I'm sure the same is true with you, which is that you get to the point where, I mean, I'm older now, but when you get to the point where you think less about where you get love than where you give love, one of the more frustrating and even painful things in life is you have nobody to give your love to. You might have a lot of love to give in your heart to. Your parents are gone, what have you. And with my kids, it's like I have a lot of love to give and I have all these kids around me all day long and I'm not really. I wasn't doing very much for the last three and a half years. I was home all the time and they saved me, they saved my life. To have that exchange of, like, love energy with these children who are all, you know, and they all make fun of me. Like I show them pictures of me from old movies and like, here I am with Michael Keaton.

[Adam Friedland]

Piece of ass, though.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, no, no, but here I am with Michael Keaton. I had a good month. I had a strong month back there in the 80s.

[Adam Friedland]

Shut the fuck up.

[Alec Baldwin]

But I had a picture of me with Michael Keaton and Gina and me and Beetlejuice. And I go, that's me. That's me there with the, you know, dark hair and I'm thin.

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

And my kids, look at, they're like, no, no, that's. They put Michael Keatley. I'm like, that's you. That's you. Beetlejuice.

[Adam Friedland]

That's a cool guy.

[Alec Baldwin]

He's a cool guy.

[Adam Friedland]

What I'm saying is this is like, you're an artist, right? And you're Motivated in your craft. You still have artistic ambitions, right?

[Alec Baldwin]

A couple.

[Adam Friedland]

What would you define as.

[Alec Baldwin]

I want to do a play. I'm working on a play. I don't want to get into too much detail, but I'm working on a play right now with a writer who I admire. This incredible writer who I've been friends with for years. My admiration for him is boundless. And he is going to write a one man show for me. There'll be ancillary characters, but I'm going to play the lead role in this one man show, which is a real historical survey of the United States post Cold War. And it's one figure that we funneled the whole thing through. And he's the prism of the whole thing.

[Adam Friedland]

Who is it?

[Alec Baldwin]

And I don't want to say Hoover, right? No, Hoover. I don't want to play Hoover.

[Adam Friedland]

They made Hoover Nixon.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no. But anyway.

[Adam Friedland]

Can I write Nixon?

[Alec Baldwin]

Not somebody you'd be off the top of your head. You wouldn't.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Kissinger is getting pussy again.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Announcer]

The Jew is a natural spy.

[Adam Friedland]

I can say that.

[Alec Baldwin]

Times are run by these Jews.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. He really. He really.

[Alec Baldwin]

It was an anti Semitic maniac.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, well, it wasn't anti Semitic. I mean, this guy was just. His entire life, he wouldn't take no for an answer. And he just kept running for crap. I mean, you know, the pretty boys, like, stole the election from him, you know.

[Alec Baldwin]

They may have.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Announcer]

But he still made it to the top.

[Adam Friedland]

And then he was still kind of alone, you know, that's the thing about him. And. And then they kicked him. They kicked him out. For what? Spying on the other. I'm not a Republican, but, like, spying.

[Co-host/Announcer]

On the other guys.

[Adam Friedland]

They have to all be doing that.

[Alec Baldwin]

McGovern needed to be spied on.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, he lost by a zillion.

[Alec Baldwin]

Let's get back to the exchange of the Love Energy show. Okay. Wait. When you're in bed with your girlfriend. Yeah. And Pat. Her name is Pat Nixon.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

I was gonna say.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Can I escort you on dates? Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Should we.

[Adam Friedland]

I just watched her get her slammed.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, but the thing is that. So you're there in the house and maybe the time, as they say in those, like those Osti Spamonti commercials or whatever, like, you know, the time is right. When do you know the time is right? When do you know she's gonna. Well, sex or love or whatever.

[Adam Friedland]

When she lets me.

[Alec Baldwin]

She says she signals.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. She's the girl. That's the rules, right?

[Alec Baldwin]

Is that what it is? You don't. I Can't you don't pin her on.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm not gonna go there. I'm a gross guy. I want to have you follow gross leaves. I'm still. Yeah, of course she turns you.

[Alec Baldwin]

She's like, let's go.

[Adam Friedland]

I mean, that's the rule. I mean, that's the system.

[Alec Baldwin]

Is that what you do?

[Adam Friedland]

I don't want to. You know, because when you do it and she's like, gh. I have. I feel disgusted.

[Alec Baldwin]

You don't walk in. You have a drink, then you look at and go get your clothes.

[Adam Friedland]

You know what the worst thing in the world is? Is when they're on their period, their boobs are a little bit bigger, and we forget every month, so we're like this. And then you get slapped.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Yeah, I'm disgusting.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

And it's like.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's a symptom.

[Adam Friedland]

The period thing again.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's a symptom.

[Adam Friedland]

I fell for the health problem. God is laughing up there.

[Alec Baldwin]

She wants you to take control. Touch. Take my hand.

[Adam Friedland]

No, she's.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, you go to reach for her in any. Any curve. You want to squeeze. Don't take no for she. Just shove her on the bed. Just shove her on the bed.

[Adam Friedland]

I. I don't. I. Do you think a woman. Do you think a woman.

Do you think, like, if I learned how to kill someone with my bare hands, do you think I'd get more respect for. From my girlfriend?

[Alec Baldwin]

What is this, a Hitchcock movie?

[Adam Friedland]

What the are you talking about? I feel like if, as a. As a man, I want you to.

[Alec Baldwin]

Take what I'm gonna say. Take. If you don't know what I mean by this, then you're hopeless. Just take charge. Which women want you to. Women want you to decide where you're gonna go to dinner. Can we guess where we're gonna go? We're gonna go to Boba.

[Adam Friedland]

Can we.

[Alec Baldwin]

Can we prank right now?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. She doesn't want to be on the show. She doesn't even know.

[Alec Baldwin]

She.

[Adam Friedland]

She doesn't even know that I'm.

[Alec Baldwin]

She doesn't need my help. You do what I'm not.

[Adam Friedland]

What am I gonna force my. I'm gonna put her in a ball gown and then do a. Do a. Do a waltz.

[Alec Baldwin]

You're walking up to her blouse. You're going to rip it open.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? I. I think she'd yell at me for her. For her shirt.

[Alec Baldwin]

Get a box of shirts. Do it every night.

[Adam Friedland]

She stops me from getting hit by a car, like, at least once every two weeks. It's a good system.

[Alec Baldwin]

We Have Take charge. I don't know the reservation. You come home, you have sex before any of the reservation.

[Adam Friedland]

What the hell do I know from restaurants? Wait, can I. Can I go back?

[Alec Baldwin]

You can order in.

[Adam Friedland]

To the love thing. You were saying?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah.

[Adam Friedland]

You've lost your parents?

[Alec Baldwin]

Yeah, my parents have died, so.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, I lost a parent, like, five years ago.

[Alec Baldwin]

And who was it?

[Adam Friedland]

My mother. It's the best. The twin. The best one. But that's kind of what my major takeaway was. And, you know, it's really corny. Guys, don't just. It's so embarrassing what I'm saying. My boy.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Dude.

[Adam Friedland]

But it's like, why all songs are about. And, like, poetry, like most movies are about love. And I think it's like the first time I ever saw, like, a point to anything was that our family was all together. And it kind of. Yeah, it gave me a new appreciation.

[Alec Baldwin]

I think a fun experiment for you or anybody, especially because you're so young. I mean, I'm older now and my.

Garden is planted here, so to speak, but for you, it's like, remember, always at least entertain the idea that your private life is exactly different from. It was completely different from your professional life.

[Adam Friedland]

What do you mean?

[Alec Baldwin]

You're a certain way here. Then when you go home, you mix a drink, you rip the shirt off, you throw her on the bed. So I do whatever you say to.

[Adam Friedland]

People on the show that I do that.

[Alec Baldwin]

No, no, no, no. You should be who you are. That's gotten you here.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah. And she's like, I have cramps and stuff. And then I've already torn all the clothes, and I'm.

[Alec Baldwin]

Damn right I'm hard and stuff.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm like. Then I have to go to the bathroom and jerk.

[Alec Baldwin]

You could have left that. You could have left all that out. Let's cut that.

[Adam Friedland]

Wait.

[Co-host/Announcer]

You don't curse.

[Adam Friedland]

You're not a. You're not a.

[Alec Baldwin]

Don't. Well, I could curse, but I'm just trying. I don't know. I don't know.

[Adam Friedland]

I'm just saying that if she has cramps or a headache and then I've done all that, then I'm like, what the hell?

[Alec Baldwin]

At least you tried.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, yeah, but then there's a torn clothes, and then I'm like, stop caring about that.

[Alec Baldwin]

Stop caring.

[Adam Friedland]

And then I have a boner. Then I have to go to the bathroom and jerk off like a loser.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Wait, can you just.

[Alec Baldwin]

Good night, everybody.

[Adam Friedland]

I would have. I want to just.

[Alec Baldwin]

I got time for one more. Ask me an important question.

[Adam Friedland]

Okay.

[Alec Baldwin]

It doesn't involve your boner or her. What the hell?

[Adam Friedland]

What? You what? I'm sorry, dude. I wasn't the hottest guy in the world and I did have sex with a thousand women.

[Alec Baldwin]

You will be. Go ahead.

[Adam Friedland]

Why do you have a good personality? Why do you have a personality at all.

As like a hot guy with like a that, you know, like why I had to develop a personality because I thought that I would never find.

[Alec Baldwin]

A wife, take their mind off the.

[Adam Friedland]

Fact I think that you were. You probably like, you've probably always been great with the ladies and you developed you. It makes me angry. Why is a guy that looks good also funny? It's kind of art.

[Alec Baldwin]

I'm not that funny.

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, no, you're funny, bro. I told me to do that whole thing to my girlfriend. That was hilarious.

[Alec Baldwin]

I think you should just take charge. I said just take charge. All right, so the last thing I'll say is this and that is that the more and more you work in this business and the more and more you care less about the outside, so to speak. When I was younger, dye my hair, style my hair, the clothes, this, that. And then eventually I got seven kids and I thought, I don't have the time for this.

[Adam Friedland]

You also had the chess music too.

[Alec Baldwin]

Is that what happened?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, that was when chess music was big. When he was a hunk. He had like.

[Alec Baldwin]

I had surgery. I had my skin cancer taken.

[Adam Friedland]

Really? I'm sorry about that. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

Thank you.

[Adam Friedland]

I can't grow chest hair.

[Alec Baldwin]

You don't have any hair?

[Adam Friedland]

No. No. Testosterone probably or I don't have any hair.

[Alec Baldwin]

You don't have any pubic hair?

[Adam Friedland]

Oh, my balls. Yeah, Yeah. I have a lot. Yeah.

[Alec Baldwin]

So when you have a boner, when she want to have sex with you, have a boner. It's a hairy boner. It's a hairless boner.

[Adam Friedland]

Well, you got to trim around.

[Alec Baldwin]

It's a dolphin.

[Adam Friedland]

Or it's an extra inch probably.

[Alec Baldwin]

Or some shrubbery. What?

[Adam Friedland]

Yeah, yeah, that's what. Okay, last one. I just. One last one.

[Alec Baldwin]

Yes.

[Co-host/Announcer]

Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

I have to ask you this. And what do you make of the allegations that still follow you to this day concerning the Boss Baby's treatment of employees and the toxic work environment?

[Alec Baldwin]

I can't comment on that.

[Adam Friedland]

My follow up question is, can a voice actor be held responsible for a cartoon?

I'm really famous.

[Alec Baldwin]

I will honestly say, and I tell people, they go, what's your favorite movie? What do you think is the best best movie you ever did? And the answer was Boss Baby. Boss Baby is the perfect movie. I love Boss Baby. I think it's great.

[Adam Friedland]

Really?

[Alec Baldwin]

I. It's amazing. Better than.

[Adam Friedland]

What was the. What was the company of the Boss Baby?

[Alec Baldwin]

Tom McGrath was the director. I love Tom.

[Adam Friedland]

What were they doing, though, at the company where he was the boss?

[Alec Baldwin]

Oh, Baby Corp. Baby Corp. Wanting people to have babies.

[Adam Friedland]

Sounds sinister.

[Alec Baldwin]

Wanting to have baby. Have babies and not pets were making.

[Adam Friedland]

People have sex with each other.

[Alec Baldwin]

Well, that just came with the.

[Adam Friedland]

That's what the Boss Baby is about. I got to watch that movie. Yeah, I think I missed it. What? Didn't the Boss Baby have a button under his desk that would lock the door?

[Alec Baldwin]

That's Matt Lauer. Okay.

[Adam Friedland]

Bring it in.

[Alec Baldwin]

All right, I got to.

Sam.

[Adam Friedland]

Sat.