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Alec Baldwin can sympathize (a little, anyway) with Charlie Sheen's current work situation. But the remedy the "30 Rock" star proposes may or may not be what Sheen needs.Writing for The Huffington Post, Baldwin says that when it comes to dealing with studio and network executives, "You can't win. Really. You can't.
"When executives at studios and networks move up to the highest ranks, they are given a book. The book is called 'How to Handle Actors.' And one principle held dear in that book is that no actor is greater than the show itself when the show is a hit," Baldwin writes. "And, in that regard, they are often right. Add to that the fact that the actor who is torturing their diseased egos is a drug-addled, porn star-squiring, near-Joycean Internet ranter, and they really want you to go."
If Sheen really wants to work on "Two and a Half Men" again -- which seems debatable at this point -- Baldwin thinks he needs to: "Call Chuck [Lorre]. Go on Letterman and make an apology. Write a huge check to the B'Nai Brith. And then beg for your job back. Your fans demand it. You will never win because when you are as big a douchebag as some of these guys are, they have no choice but to snuff you."
That's all well and good (as is Baldwin's occasionally venomous explanation for why he didn't keep playing Jack Ryan after "The Hunt for Red October"). But we have to wonder if A) Sheen actually wants his job back at this point and B) whether the plan Baldwin describes is necessary.
Because, well, tickets for a pair of live appearances Sheen is doing in Detroit and Chicago sold out in minutes Saturday. And he's getting paid to tweet. And if he's saved even a little bit of his exorbitant "Men" salary, Sheen doesn't really need to go back to work anytime soon. So while it'd be nice just to have this be over, it's not going to be for a while.
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The question is does Warner Brothers & CBS want to take the chance? Plus Baldwin is a little nutz himself.
that's why i luv me some alec. behind that gorgeous exterior is substance.
Oh Alec maybe Charlie will become more successful than you so get your self righteous advise for yourself !
Studios and Lorre are as much douchebags as Charlie Sheen is so why always close its mouth..it is David against Goliath..
Sheen should maybe get his personal life together and have psychatric help (who are we to judge) but to beg networks, headwriter and studios..i don't think so.
p.s: by the way i love 30 Rock, a much better show than Two and a Half men and Baldwin is awesome in it. But the self-righteouness i don't like it.
Leave it to an egotistical guy on a low-rated sitcom to dole out advice to a guy like Sheen, who makes good money. Like he should have to beg!
Well if Alec Baldwin gives advice...Go belittle your daughter some more and then start handing out life lessons. Who does this guy think he is?
"So while it'd be nice just to have this be over, it's not going to be for a while."
i could care less whether or not this drags on (i'll just stop reading about it/watching it on tv when i grow bored with the sad, hilariousness of it all), but this would already be over if everyone just stopped reporting it. i'm well aware that a site like this exists to report the entertainment world, but that really only helps people like sheen out in the end. you can't complain when you're part of the problem, yeah? just sayin'.
Baldwin probably had to do the same in terms of begging for A job during his crazy stint, so he should be the last guy to offer anyone advice. CBS should just move on and call it a day with Sheen.
Alec Baldwin is brilliant on 30 Rock.Apparently he's a talented and insightful writer a well who's been around this business long enough to know what he's talking about. Charlie is a dead man walking, at the very least, a 5150 waiting to happen.
Reading comprehension is so terribly low among you people... Try to read the quotes again. And if you still don't get it -- again. May god be with you in your quest to understand these simple lines. (I won't be.)
One last hint: "Alec Baldwin to Charlie Sheen: 'Beg for your job back'" is a misleading title. Without a doubt purposefully misleading to stirr up controversy. And, sadly, it worked.
First and last time I've been to this site. LOL