United Kingdom, June 15 -- Alec Baldwin wants his children to grow up with "hope".

The 68-year-old star - who has Ireland, 30, with ex-wife Kim Basinger and Carmen, 12, Rafael, 10, Leonardo, nine, Romeo, eight, Eduardo, five, Maria Lucia, also five, and three-year-old Ilaria with spouse Hilaria - is outspoken in his political views and hopes to teach his kids to grow up with the same "fight" against what is wrong in the world.

He told E! News: "I want my kids to grow up having hope, because right now it's more hopeless than I've ever seen.

"We've got to continue to fight to prove to our children that you got to keep fighting. You got to have hope, and you got to keep fighting to take the reins of power in our society, and that responsi...