At first glance, you might not recognize Maulik Pancholy’s name, but you certainly know his face. With breakout roles opposite showbiz heavyweights like Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Mary-Louise Parker, Pancholy is making his mark all over Hollywood.

Pancholy plays Jonathan, Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) overzealous and infatuated assistant, on NBC’s Emmy-winning ’30 Rock.’ Prior to his gig on ’30 Rock,’ Pancholy starred as Sanjay, a gay drug dealer who has a baby with a prostitute, opposite Mary-Louise Parker on ‘Weeds.’

Speaking to Divanee.com about his relationship with Baldwin, Pancholy said, “I also learn so much from him. He has an uncanny ability to cut right to the heart of a scene, or even a moment. And he knows instinctively how to make something funny … or something that’s already funny even funnier.”

Pancholy, who is of South Asian descent, also spoke about the pressure to dispel racial stereotypes through the roles he takes. “I think there’s still negative stereotypes out there, but at least we’re seeing some balance on TV now with characters like Mindy Kaling’s Kelly Kapoor ['The Office'] or Danny Pudi’s Abed ['Community'],” Pancholy said.

“A big thing of concern now is how so many of the brown characters on TV are terrorists. And yeah — we can’t ignore that terrorism happens and, of course, there should be television and film made about it,” he said. “But what happens when it’s not balanced out so that we get to see that brown people are not ONLY terrorists?”

Read the rest of the interview at Divanee.com.

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Here are all the 62nd Emmy nominations for 30 Rock:

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio
Jennifer McNamara-Schroff, Casting by

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series
30 Rock • Season Four • NBC • Broadway
Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association
with Universal Media Studio
Mathew Clark, Director of Photography

Outstanding Costumes For A Series
30 Rock • I Do Do • NBC • Broadway Video,
Little Stranger, Inc. in association with
Universal Media Studio
Tom Broecker, Costume Designer
Remy Pearce, Assistant Costume Designer
Joanna Brett, Assistant Costume Designer

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • I Do Do • NBC • Broadway Video,
Little Stranger, Inc. in association with
Universal Media Studio
Don Scardino, Director

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera)
30 Rock • Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001 •
NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc.
in association with Universal Media Studio
Ken Eluto, A.C.E., Editor

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Emmanuelle Goes To Dinosaur
Land • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio

Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird
30 Rock • Into The Crevasse • NBC •
Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in
association with Universal Media Studio
Will Arnett as Devin Banks

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • The Moms • NBC • Broadway
Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association
with Universal Media Studio
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little
Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal
Media Studio

Outstanding Special Class Programs
30 Rock: Webisodes • NBC.com •
NBC.com/Universal Media Studios
Eric Gurian, Producer
William Sell, Producer
Clint Kolveit, Producer

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
30 Rock • Argus • NBC • Broadway Video,
Little Stranger, Inc. in association with
Universal Media Studio
Griffin Richardson, Production Sound Mixer
Tony Pipitone, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Marino, Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock • Anna Howard Shaw Day • NBC •
Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in
association with Universal Media Studio
Matt Hubbard, Writer

30 Rock • Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter • NBC
• Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in
association with Universal Media Studio
Tina Fey, Writer
Kay Cannon, Writer

The Emmys air in the US on 29th August, 2010 on NBC. Check your local listings closer to the date to see if it’s airing near you.

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A number of articles have been popping up speculating over an interview with CNN in which Alec Baldwin stated that, “As much as I like acting, I know that I would love to have a different life. A private life. I think that doing this now for a living has become really, really hard. I would rather go do other things, and with whatever amount of time I have left in my life, have a normal life.”

According to Perez Hilton, Baldwin’s reps have stated that this quote was taken from a March interview, and that while there are two years left in his 30 Rock contract, he has no plans to retire.

What do you think?

Check it out for yourself: Alec Baldwin interviewed on CNN’s Big Stars, Big Giving

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“The moment I learned the new Yankee Stadium was free, I thought ‘perfect,’” Baldwin joked at the start of his speech. “Now we can have that private and meaningful chat about your futures.”

The rest of this article (NY Daily News), as well as a video clip of some of the event proceedings, can be found here:  ‘30 Rock’s’ Alec Baldwin ditches comedy for emotional speech to NYU graduates at Yankee Stadium

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