娱乐英语新闻:U.S. actor Alec Baldwin intends to quit acting work

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. renowned actor Alec Baldwin claims that he has lost interest in acting and considers to set about something new, according to foreign media Monday.

    "I don't have any interest in acting anymore." Baldwin said.

    51-year-old Alec Baldwin, best-known for his Emmy-award winning role in the NBC comedy "30 Rock" and the man chosen to co-host the 2010 Oscar ceremony, added: "Movies are a part of my past. It's been 30 years. I'm not young, but I have time to do something else".

    Baldwin began a television-acting career in the 1980s and has filmed scores of movies, including the 1988 cult classic "Beetlejuice". He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 2003 film "The Cooler" and stars in the upcoming movie "It's Complicated" with Meryl Streep and his Oscar co-host Steve Martin.

Actor Alec Baldwin arrives as a guest at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2009 Governor Awards in Hollywood, California November 14, 2009

    "I consider my entire movie career a complete failure," he said. "The goal of movie-making is to star in a film where your performance drives the film, and the film is either a soaring critical or commercial success, and I never had that."

    Baldwin said the 1990 action film "The Hunt for Red October", in which he starred and which made more than 200 million U.S. dollars worldwide, was successful because it was based on a popular Tom Clancy novel.

    Baldwin will retire at "30 Rock"'s wrap party. He has expressed interest in politics in the past but did not say what he intended to do after he quits acting.