The actor Alec Baldwin said Sunday that the majority of people he encounters treat him like he just “cured polio” in their appreciation of his satirical portrayal of President Trump.

“Sixty to 75 percent of the people I encounter treat me like I was Jonas Salk and just cured polio,” he said on CBS’s “Sunday Morning.”

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“They walk up to me and go, ‘My god, thank you, I can’t thank you enough what you’re doing, it is so important,'” he said.

Baldwin has played Trump on “Saturday Night Live” since the presidential campaign and most recently appeared at the end of August. He was nominated for an Emmy this year for the portrayal.

He told CBS his approach to the role is simple: Just “very angry, very pissed off all the time.”

Baldwin, who supported Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE in the 2016 presidential campaign, also denied that he would ever consider running for political office, although he admitted it would be "very fun."