Alec Baldwin may quit acting over 'rude pig' comment to daughter

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In a recording of the message, leaked to a celebrity website, Baldwin was heard calling his daughter a "rude, thoughtless pig."

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Alec Baldwin talked about his abusive comments to daughter Ireland on The View with Rosie O'Donnell (left) and Barbara Walters

During an interview on American chat show The View, Baldwin, 46, said he has asked to be released from his contract for NBC program 30 Rock, because he doesn't want the show to be negatively affected.

"If I never acted again I couldn't care less," he told the audience.

He also issued an emotional apology to Ireland: "Calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologise to my daughter for that.

"There's nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation...it's the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person."

When asked by host Barbara Walters whether he meant the message for his ex-wife Kim Basinger, he replied, "I think that goes without saying."

Baldwin did not say whether he had spoken to his daughter since the drama began, but he insisted it was an isolated incident.

The actor with his daughter Ireland, and right, his former wife Kim Basinger

"In my own case, with this message, I had never done this before in my life," he said.

In an earlier statement, Basinger said: "It is Kim's sincerest wish is for [Alec] to finally address his unstable and irrational behaviour so he, at some point can potentially create a relationship with his daughter."

Baldwin's actor brother, Billy has come the troubled star's defence.

He has said: "What people don't understand is that when a man goes through a divorce, there is a fear that your ex-wife is poisoning the well and pitting your own child against you. Alec's attitude and tone reflects that concern."