Alec Baldwin Quotes

'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.

Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.

I like shooting locations just because too much control on the stage can be a bad thing.

I don't like to shoot on sets at all. As much as possible, I try to shoot on location.

I don't really make films in Denmark. 'Bronson' was shot in Rottingham, 'Valhalla Rising' was made in Glasgow, and 'Drive' was made in Hollywood.

I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.

I like going on location for films.

Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood.

I personally have never made a movie in Hollywood, because I don't want to get up in my own bed and then go to the movie set, and then come home at night to my real life.

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.

We shot 'Skateland' in the end of 2008, in Shreveport, Louisiana just between the border of East Texas and Louisiana - and we shot 'Battle: Los Angeles' at the end of 2009, also in Shreveport. So I know a lot about Shreveport.

I love going on location, and the location was nice.

Quite a few movies are starting to film in Florida.

You know what I'm realizing? I always love a place if I like the movie I'm doing there. I've heard people say, 'I hate Pittsburgh,' and I'm like, 'I love Pittsburgh so much!' I loved what I was doing there, and I loved Austin for the same reason.

I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them.

People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.

No, there are some location shoots in Vegas, maybe four trips a year. It's shot in Santa Clarita, CA.

It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.

Most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working.

It's a different thing shooting for 10 weeks in India as opposed to on a set on stage pretending you're in India.

A lot of the TV shows, they do long hours, and they do a lot of days, and you don't get a lot of time. But the good thing is, if you get one that's made in L.A., or made in a place you want to be, you get to go home every night.

But being on location and shooting, whether its in Puerto Rico or Atlanta, it always reminds me of how really cool my job can be. Interacting with the fans is one of the best parts of it.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

He saved the production a tremendous amount. Now they did the scene where Omar is on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then.