Alec Baldwin Says He Hopes to Retire and Focus on His Children After 'Rust' Tragedy

Alec Baldwin is ready to potentially step away from acting following the 2021 tragedy on the Rust set.

Baldwin was a guest on The Hollywood Reporter’s podcast, Awards Chatter, on Monday, April 13. In the episode, he discussed spending time at home with his wife Hilaria Baldwin and their seven children following the accidental fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

“I wound up staying home a lot. I was home with my kids for three and a half years,” Baldwin said. “I hardly worked at all. And that’s just changing now, I’m going to go off and do a bunch of things, but I was home and I got used to it, and I don’t want to leave my house anymore. I don’t. I don’t want to work anymore. I don’t. I really don’t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids.”

Baldwin was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2023 for Hutchins’ death but those charges were subsequently dropped. He was then faced with those same charges again in 2024 but they were dismissed with prejudice during his July 2024 trial. Baldwin shared how he coped with the aftermath of the shooting in his TLC series that aired in Feb. 2025.

“I don’t know where I would be if I didn’t have her,” Baldwin said of his wife Hilaria to People. “I don’t know what would’ve happened to me.” 

Baldwin also spoke about his large family with Hilaria on THR podcast.

“My kids are all born in Manhattan, same hospital, same doctor,” Baldwin said. “And my son Romeo was there and we’re picking clothes, they’re picking out ski jackets back in November. And I go, ‘Get that one, get that color. I like that one. Don’t just get the black, get that one.’ And he looks at me and goes, ‘What do you know? You’re from Long Island.’ ” 

He added, “And that’s my life now, day after day after day after day.”