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Speaker 1: Hey, it's Alec Baldwin on this season of Here's the Thing.

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Speaker 1: I speak with more actors, musicians, writers, policymakers, and so

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Speaker 1: many other fascinating people like comedian Tim Dillon. I couldn't

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Speaker 1: tell you my congressman. I know every major d of

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Speaker 1: every restaurant. I know who's working Craig's. I know who's working.

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Speaker 1: You know all the places I want to go. Who's

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Speaker 1: in with you? We're gonna go to Craig's. Host of

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Speaker 1: the Talk, Amanda Clutes. I did Broadway for seventeen years.

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Speaker 1: When you do that, it kind of prepares you for

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Speaker 1: anything in life in a way. You know you're at

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Speaker 1: an audition. Can you do this? And you just say

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Speaker 1: yes because you realize you gotta learn the spot. You

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Speaker 1: gotta say yes in order to get a job, and

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Speaker 1: you just got to learn and teach yourself as you go.

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Speaker 1: Musician Todd Rundgren, people started referring to me as the

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Speaker 1: male Carol King, which is a high compliment, but also

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be compared to other people. Eventually

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Speaker 1: people who will be compared to me, but I don't

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Speaker 1: want to be aired to anything before and the multi

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Speaker 1: talented musician and actor Stephen van Zandt. When it comes

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Speaker 1: to performing, that's just like a vacation for me that

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Speaker 1: you know, whether it's acting or whether it's being a

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Speaker 1: rock star on stage, you know that stuff is just

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Speaker 1: nothing but fun for me. The real work is looking

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Speaker 1: at a blank piece of paper and creating something from it.

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Speaker 1: You know, listen to Here's the Thing with Me Alec

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Speaker 1: Baldwin on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.