Before They Get Stale: Alec Baldwin, Cheryl Hines and Robin Williams
Alec Baldwin is saying he will retire from acting in 2012. I don't know how it could be, but this is clearly Roland Emmerich's fault somehow. [Reuters]
Mel Brooks compares Colbert to Carl Reiner, "…Stephen Colbert does that beautifully. He plays this kind of naïve far-right Republican, and he plays it so earnestly and so naïvely, just the way Carl would play it with me…" [AV Club]
Todd Phillips on The Hangover sequel, "What people loved… was not Las Vegas or the bachelor party… I think you can take those characters and put them in other situations, and you don’t need the sell… all that other stuff.” [Entertainment Weekly]
Home Movies co-creator Loren Bouchard has a new animated Fox series coming up that might star Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and Dan Mintz. [THR]
Cheryl Hines talks about how her role changed on Curb Your Enthusiasm this season, "…She actually does have a life and enjoys people. It’s nice to see the other side, instead of just… waiting for Larry to… tell her what idiotic thing he’s done that day." [AV Club]
Aziz Ansari on working with Diddy, "I've been working hard for years to establish myself as a comedic actor and after this film is released, Sean will have done that in a much shorter period of time, in addition to creating a successful vodka and cologne." [Movie Web]
Robin Williams offended Rio de Janeiro by stating they won the Olympic bid by sending, "50 strippers and a pound of blow." Offended by the insinuation of seediness, Rio is sending only their classiest, most respected of criminals to break his legs. [Sports Illustrated]
Mindy Kaling and Office writer Brent Forrester are working on a screenplay about a woman with low self-esteem who dates only losers. I didn't know they were adapting my cousin's Facebook page into a movie. [Variety]
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