Alec Baldwin defended his "Saturday Night Live" impression of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, a frequent target of the president’s anger, telling IndieWire his performance is deliberately “two-dimensional.”

“We’re not doing a David Fincher movie here, or a [Steven] Soderbergh movie, where we’re gonna etch some finely rendered impersonation of Trump,” Baldwin told the site. “I made him as two-dimensional as I believe he deserves to be made. And we’ve certainly vulgarized it from time to time, beyond certain limitations. But it’s essentially us repeating back what he says, and just holding up a mirror to what he says and does.”

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In the interview, Baldwin also suggested his impression, which he has performed since 2016, may be phased out in the near future.

“We did it like once a month, this season,” he said. “Last season, I did it a bunch, and the season before that — the first season — I did it almost every show. I think I did it every show. And I think people are, uh, they want a little bit less of that. And whether I do it much longer remains to be seen."

Baldwin has alluded to retiring the impression multiple times in the past, going back as early as March 2017.

"Interestingly enough, the same thing applies there as everywhere else: if the writing is good," Baldwin added.

Trump has lashed out against Baldwin’s impression in particular and “Saturday Night Live” in general on several occasions, calling the sketch show “the real Collusion” and saying it “should be looked into.” Baldwin has questioned whether Trump’s attacks on him and the show constituted “a threat to my safety and that of my family.”