Tina Fey on Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Paris Hilton

Here are some excerpts from the 30 Rock stars’ interview …

Tina Fey: I think Alec being on the show bought 30 Rock a lot of time. He’s such a brilliant actor and he’s not someone you get to see for free on TV. He absolutely bought us the whole first year. But I think that people who see the show really do like it; it’s just a question of getting people to try it out. We have the label of a “low-rated” or “poorly rated” show, but it’s weird, because on the same day I’ll see us referred to as “the low-rated 30 Rock” I’ll read “the hit show Gossip Girl.” We rate higher than Gossip Girl, but there’s a different expectation on NBC than the CW.

Gotham: Have you seen Gossip Girl?

Tina Fey: No, but the children on it are very beautiful.

Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin team up for the brilliance that is 30 Rock.

Gotham: What are your resolutions for 2008?

Tina Fey: An attempt at a less vulgar life. Less cursing, less bile. I sort of got into trouble last year — I went on Howard Stern and ran my mouth a little bit about Paris Hilton [Fey said Hilton is a “piece of $h!t” and “looks like a tranny” among other things.] Not only was that not the right way for a 37-year-old woman to behave, but I went to my gynecologist for my yearly checkup shortly thereafter and she was like, “I read that thing [you said about Paris Hilton] in the paper. That was very hostile. Are you all right?” So, starting there: being less vulgar and hostile.

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