Alec Baldwin jetted to Washington, D.C. on Monday (16Apr12) to call for increased funding for the arts.
The 30 Rock star delivered a lecture on arts policy to highlight the need for affordable public access to dance, theater and live music, following budget cuts last year (11).
He compared parts of Hollywood to a "potato chip business - it's junk food," while urging politicians to protect America's culture.
Baldwin tells the Associated Press, "There are tremendous parts of the country right now where there's a need for federal funding for the arts in order to bring that to people on a level that they can afford.
"We still have a cultural heritage to protect in this country. This is what's going to enrich people's lives. "If I had any influence, I'd want the (National Endowment for the Arts)to have a budget of a billion dollars.
We spend too much money on war inthis country". Baldwin plans to head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday (17Apr12) to lobby formore arts funding.
