Alec Baldwin will bring back his puckering lampoon of President Trump to "Saturday Night Live" once again.
"I have fun doing it, there's no doubt about that," the "30 Rock" star said of portraying the reality star-turned-president.
Baldwin has already earned a supporting actor Emmy Award for his repeat appearances as the 45th president. He spoke at length about the role on the "Origins With James Andrew Miller" podcast on Friday and confirmed he will don the blond wig and orange makeup again on the 44th season of the NBC sketch comedy.
"They are all old and dear friends of mine, and I love going there," Baldwin said of the cast. "When the show is good, there is nothing like it. But for me, I think I'm going to do some of it, but not a whole lot. Because I also think, and this is critical, there is a lot of fatigue."
Despite the fun he has on set, the show's unorthodox shooting schedule and ripped-from-the-headlines edits conflict with his personal life, particularly because "SNL" takes over his weekend and family time. "It's not great," he said.
The premiere episode, which airs Sept. 29, will be hosted by Adam Driver and feature Kanye West as the musical guest. It is unclear if Baldwin will reprise the role during the season opener, but it sure sounds as if he will.
"SNL" creator Lorne Michaels gave Baldwin his blessing on the same podcast, adding that "no other actor is looking to follow Alec" into the Trump role.
"I think with Alec, I've known him and worked with him for so long, that needless to say I trust him," Michaels said. "And the audience connects to him in that role ... he is somebody you know you can always count on."
The return comes despite comments the actor made last season about the "agony" he felt playing Trump. Those remarks also drew the anger of the president on Twitter last March, to which Baldwin responded: "Agony though it may be, I'd like to hang in there for the impeachment hearings, the resignation speech, the farewell helicopter ride."
Elsewhere in the podcast, Baldwin, an unabashed Trump critic, gamely described the commander in chief as "two-dimensional" and "insane."
"In my mind he's really not that much different from what I'm doing and what we're doing. I think people respond to that," the actor said. "You almost can't parody him because he's so self-parodying. I think he's funny."
