The Complicated Life of Hollywood Star Alec Baldwin

In 2017, he published Nevertheless: A Memoir, looking back on his childhood, acting career, sobriety, relationships, public controversies, and complicated family history. The book gave Baldwin a chance to tell his own version of a life that had often been explained through tabloids, interviews, and court stories.

The memoir did not erase the controversies attached to him, but it helped place them inside a longer personal and professional story. By then, Baldwin had been a leading man, comedy star, political impersonator, husband, father, and headline-maker, with another unexpected hit about to arrive.