Alec Baldwin: 'I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger, never' - CNN

I let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off," Baldwin recalled.

He said he was aiming the gun just off to the side of the camera, as Hutchins was instructing him to, in her direction.

"I'm holding the gun where she told me to hold it, which ended up being aimed right below her armpit, was what I was told," Baldwin said.

When asked why he pointed the gun at Hutchins and pulled the trigger when that wasn't in the script, Baldwin said, "I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger, never."

Throughout the hourlong sit-down interview -- his first since the October 21 shooting -- Baldwin stressed multiple times he wants answers to how a live round ended up on set.

"The gun was supposed to be empty; I was told I was handed an empty gun," Baldwin said.

Somebody brought love rounds -- plural -- onto the set of the film and one bullet ended up in the gun," Baldwin said.

I think back and I think, 'What could I have done?'

An emotional Baldwin visibly fought back tears when talking about Hutchins.

"He hugged me and he goes, 'I suppose we're going to go through this together.'"

Baldwin added: "I told him, 'I don't know what to say, I don't know how to convey to you how sorry I am and willing to do anything I can to cooperate.'"

When asked by Stephanopoulos if the shooting was the worst thing that had ever happened to him, Baldwin said yes, "because I think back and I think, what could I have done?"

Baldwin also said he can't imagine doing a film with a gun in it again, adding, "I would do anything in power to undo what was done.