WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE LOVELY AND TALENT
( BAND PLAYING ) ( BAND PLAYING )
ED SIR ALEC BALDWIN.
NOW, ALEC, YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK HERE-- IS THIS YOUR FIRST BOOK?
>> I WROTE ANOTHER BOOK.
>> Stephen: IT'S A MEMOIR CALLED "NEVERTHELESS."
OKAY, THERE YOU ARE NOW, AND HERE YOU ARE BACK IN THE JACK
RYAN DAYS.
>> THE GUY THAT SHOT THIS PICTURE-- HE SHOT BOTH PICTURES
-- 30 YEARS APART THE SAME GUY.
A FRIEND OF MINE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET A BREAK THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE IT
WAS LIKE A TWO-FER.
>> WE PUT A LOT OF VASELINE ON THE LENS THE SECOND TIME.
>> Stephen: WHY A MEMOIR?
YOU'RE ONLY 59 YEARS OLD.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO REMEMBER AT THIS POINT?
>> EXACTLY.
I'M AFLAILED I WON'T HAVE THE MEMORY OR ENERGY FOR IT 20 YEARS
FROM NOW.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHILE I STILL HAVE A FEW SHARDS OF
MEMORY LEFT I'LL DO IT NOW.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, I READ THE BOOK, BUT IN CASE I
HAVEN'T-- ( LAUGHTER )
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING I READ ALL THE BOOKS.
I READ ALL THE BOOKS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
THIS WAS SO EASY TO READ, IT PASSED RIGHT THROUGH, LIKE YOU
GREASED IT.
ARE THERE, LIKE, CONFESSIONS IN HERE?
ARE THERE THINGS YOU JUST WANTED TO GET OUT--
>> WHICH WAS YOUR FAVORITE CONFESSION?
>> Stephen: OH, I THINK-- ( LAUGHTER )
I THINK IT WAS THAT-- I THINK-- HOLD ON.
I THINK IT WAS THE KEY PARTY WITH GAYLE KING.
>> OH, IT WAS A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: YOU AND CHARLIE ROSE.
NO, BUT, ARE YOU-- ARE YOU REALLY GETTING THINGS OUT ABOUT
YOUR LIFE?
LIKE "LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY BEFORE THERE ARE RUMORS ABOUT
IT."
>> IT'S BOGUS BUT I TALK ABOUT THINGS I NEVER TALKED ABOUT
PUBLICLY BEFORE.
>> Stephen: WHY IS THAT BOGUS?
>> BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M TRYING TO SELL BOOKS.
I TALK ABOUT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH DRUGS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YR VUNG.
>> Stephen: I CAN ASK YOU SOMETHING HERE?
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL QUESTION.
I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS FOR YEARS, AND I'VE ADMIRED YOUR
CAREER-- OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE REAL JACK RYAN, NOT HARRISON
FORD.
THIS IS THE REAL JACK RYAN.
>> I WAS FIRST.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU-- LIKE, YOU FAMOUSLY LIKE IDEAL AT A
PAPARAZZO OUT THERE ON THE STREET ONE DAY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: MORE THAN ONE TIME.
>> YES.
WAS I ON DRUGS THEN IS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING.
>> Stephen: NO, BEYOND DRUGS OR NOT BEYOND DRUGS.
THAT'S YOUR OWN LIFE.
WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IS SOMETIMES YOU SEEMED LIKE AN
ANGRY GUY.
YOU HAVE A HANDSOME GUY, TALENTED, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WIFE,
A GREAT CAREER.
WHAT MADE YOU ANGRY?
WHAT WAS THE ANGER?
>> THE TIMES I'VE BEEN ANGRY IN MY LIFE WHICH YOU CAN COUNT THEM
ON ONE HAND, REALLY.
THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE OF THEM IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND THERE JUST
HAPPEN TO BE A LOT OF CAMERAS NEARBY.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO WAS A
PAPARAZZI, WE WERE COMING OUT OF OUR APARTMENT AND HE WAS WALKING
BACKWARDS-- THIS IS A TRUE STORY-- AND HE TRIPPED AND FELL
ON A BABY IN A STROLLER, OUR NEIGHBOR'S BABY AND HE SAT ON
THE BABY IN THE STROLLER.
AND THAT-- THAT UPSET ME.
THAT UPSET ME.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> YEAH, I GOT UPSET.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE NOT SAN ANGRY PERSON.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK I AM.
I DON'T THINK I AM.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I ACCEPT THAT.
I ACCEPT THAT.
>> BULL BUTT I THINK THAT THE-- MY FAVORITE WAS THIS COP GETS ME
WHEN WE HAD THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH THE PAPARAZZI AND HE SAID,
"MR. BALDWIN, I KNOW PEOPLE SAY YOU HAVE A TOUGH TIME
CONTROLLING YOUR TEMPER GETTING CONTROL OF YOURSELF, BUT I WANT
TO SAY I THINK YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB.
WHEN I THINK OF WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE TO THIS GUY IF WE
DIDN'T SHOW UP A HALF AN HOUR AGO."
BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT IS I HAD TO LEARN ONCE
AGAIN, MY WIFE AND MY KIDS, NOT TO MAKE CERTAIN MISTAKES BECAUSE
IT ONLY ADDS TO THEIR PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THE CAMERA GUYS COME DOWN AND I JUST IGNORE THEM.
BUT THEY USED TO BOTHER ME.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE ELDEST OF SIX, RIGHT?
>> I HAVE AN OLDER SISTER.
I'M THE OLDEST SON.
>> Stephen: TWO GIRLS, FOUR BOYS.
>> RIGHT.
Q. BIG IRISH CATHOLIC FAMILY?>> >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT BEING A PRIEST?
>> I DID.
IN MY FAMILY I WAS TOLD THE OLDEST SON OF AN OLDEST SON IN
AN IRISH CATHOLIC FAMILY IS SUPPOSED TO BECOME A PRIEST AND
I DID THINK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: MY FAMILY'S TRADITION WAS EVERY CHILD WAS
ASKED TO CONSIDER HOLY ORDERS.
YOU HAD TO GIVE IT THOUGHT?
>> DID YOU.
>> Stephen: SURE?
>> FOR HOW LONG.
>> Stephen: I WAS AN ALTAR BOY AND I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR AND
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A PRIEST, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THERE'S A STAGE AND AN AUDIENCE THERE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT I DIDN'T LIKE THAT THEY'RE
NOT ALLOWED TO APPLAUD, YOU KNOW.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO APPLAUD AT THE END OF MASS LIKE, YOU
NAILED IT!
I HEARD A RUMOR JUST RECENTLY FROM ONE OF MY PRODUCERS--
>> THAT I'M ANGRY.
>> Stephen: THAT YOU WENT ON A DATE WITH JACQUELINE ONASSIS.
>> OKAY, NOW.
I'M GOING TO DRINK BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: LET'S SELL SOME BOOKS.
>> MY FRIEND, JIM HART, WHO WAS MARRIED TO CARLY SIMON CALLS ME
UP AND SAYS, "DO YOU WANT TO COME TO SEE DANCING AT LUNICKIA.
AND COME TO OUR APARTMENT, A QUICK AL FRESCO MEAL.
6:30, DON'T BE LATE."
>> Stephen: "AL FRESCO" MEANS NAKED, RIGHT?
>> IT'S IN THE BOOK.
READ THE BOOK.
HE GOES IT'S GOING TO BE YOU, ME, CARLY AND A MYSTERY GUEST.
I ARRIVE A LITTLE EARLY AND 6:30 COMES AROUND AND IN WALKS
JACQUELINE KENNEDY.
AND SHE WAS THERE.
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT A DATE.
>> Stephen: COME ON!
>> PLEASE, WHAT WOULD JACQUELINE KENNEDY WANT WITH ME?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT A PRIEST!
YOU'RE NOT A PRIEST!
AND LET ME TELL YOU, SHE WASN'T A NUN!
( LAUGHTER ).
>> JACQUELINE KENNEDY WAS-- WE HAVE DINNER WITH HER.
THE FUNNY THING WAS, SHE SAID TO ME-- SHE DID SPEAK THE WAY
PEOPLE KIND OF IMITATE HER.
SHE GOES, "MY DRIVER, BODY GUARD, JOHN, IS DOWNSTAIRS, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF PAPARAZZI THERE, AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE
PHOTOGRAPHED, SO I'M GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND GET IN MY CAR
WITH JOHN AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE THEATER SEPARATE FRU, AND
YOU AND CARLY AND JIM CAN GET IN YOUR CAR."
SO LITERALLY, CARLY, JIM.
>> AND PUT WIGS ON, AND BIG SUNGLASS SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW --
>> Stephen: WIGS?
SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU WAS JACQUELINE ONASSIS.
>> YEAH, LIKE I'M JACQUELINE ONASIS.
SHE GOES IN HER CAR AND SHE SAT IN FRONT OF US.
WE DIDN'T SIT TOGETHER.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A DATE TO YOU?
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A DATE TO ME.
I DIDN'T GO ON VERY GOOD DATES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
THAT'S WHY.
>> YOU HAD FUN DATES.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK RIGHT HERE, BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU WHEN I BACK, I ALWAYS WANTED TO ACT
WITH YOU.
>> CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE COME BACK.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.