"I walked through Union Square on my way to acting class and got offered loose joints. Drug dealing was a great tradition in this city. There are other traditions people can get involved with in this city. When I was younger, I used to get a bottle of wine and get drunk under the Staten Island Ferry... so there are things like that you can do." — Actor Alec Baldwin, at a PETA event last night, suggesting alternatives to the "traditional" New York tourist experience of riding a horse-drawn carriage. [Showbiz Spy]