It is a kindness for this guy, but for the rest of us probably normal behavior.
This invariably cranky A list actor was stopped by some tourists with a map and asking directions and our actor spent ten minutes telling them what to see and then got them in a cab and told the driver where to take them and gave the driver a hundred dollar bill to take them around to the spots he mentioned to them.
Alec Baldwin
Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net
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