Alec Baldwin is getting ready to retire from acting. The Democratic actor just sat down [1] with 60 Minutes to discuss his future in . . . politics!

Now that he's turning 50, Alec says he's ripe for elected office. I say —now that he's 50, he also has more skeletons [2] in his not-so-private closet.

But, Alec says he's ready for the public scrutiny, and will be more careful about his actions. He explained:

You can pretty much bet all you own that I would never leave another voicemail message for my daughter that wasn’t just like something out of a Rogers and Hammerstein score.

Want to hear more of this? The whole interview will air this Sunday.

Alec has had politics on the brain for a while. Back in 2004, Alec had strong words [3] for fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying "if the largest, most economically significant state in America could elect a man who is totally unqualified for the job, then they can elect anyone."

Going back even further, in 2000 Alec said he would move to Canada [4] if George W. Bush was elected. Guess he couldn't find a flight!

Do you think Americans want to cast movie stars as their leaders? Would you vote for Alec?

Source [5]