ArtsWatch

Alec Baldwin apparently approves of Charles Dutoit at the helm of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In a recent interview in which the actor bemoans his lack of leisure time, he has this to say:
"...You're sitting in your trailer and you get your mail shipped to you from New York. I open it and I learn that Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra are performing at the Carnegie Hall and I'm not there. I don't want to miss that anymore. I want to go and do what I want to do.
"I'll never forget one day. There was an Andrew Wyeth exhibition in Philadelphia and the last day was a Saturday or a Sunday. I was working in LA and the only way I could go was to take a red eye that night to Philly, and in the morning, go to a Starbucks, sit for two hours reading the New York Times and wait for the museum to open. I did it only to prove a point to myself that I was so sick of missing everything as a result of this business. They don't pay me to act. They pay me to help alleviate the pain of missing on all the other things when I'm on the set all day."
I've had this feeling a lot, too, and have decided to turn down some lucrative movie roles so I can be closer to Philadelphia culture.