( CNN ) -- Actor Alec Baldwin told a luncheon crowd at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday what it was like getting kicked off a plane for using his cell phone . `` A very young Asian-American woman , who was a very breathtakingly beautiful woman and very serene , she said , 'Mr . Baldwin , would you gather your things and come with me , please . ' And it just kind of had this narcotic effect on me . It was like ... she just spoke very quietly and very calmly . And they threw me off the plane , '' he said . He said it felt like a scene from a Michael Mann movie `` where you would expect really smart writing and great acting . '' Baldwin was kicked off the American Airlines flight in December when he was accused of refusing to turn off his cell phone after the plane 's doors were closed . Baldwin was in Washington Monday to promote federal funding for the arts . In his remarks he pointed out that spending for the arts stimulates economic spending . The `` 30 Rock '' actor is currently under contract to promote Capital One Bank . `` Becoming a spokesperson for a bank at the time of the banking collapse and at the genesis of the Occupy Wall Street movement was not a goal of mine in my career , '' he told the crowd . He says all of his proceeds from that deal flow through his foundation and go to arts funding .
Baldwin was accused of refusing to turn off his cell phone on the plane . He said it felt like a scene from a Michael Mann movie . Comment: