Top 100 Wahlberg's Quotes
#1. Mark Wahlberg, when I was in high school, people were like, 'You look like Marky Mark!' Then as I got older, they were like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg.' Now they're like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg's cousin from Massachusetts.'
Ike Barinholtz
#2. I want people to come see my films and enjoy them, but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.
Donnie Wahlberg
#4. I approach everything the same. I try to make it as real as possible, whether you gotta make people laugh or make people cry, it's always the same approach for me. But if I start doing pratfalls, somebody please pull the plug on me.
Mark Wahlberg
#5. Also, there's the caliber of actors that we keep getting. Lorraine Bracco plays my mom and Chazz Palminteri plays my father, and Brian Dennehy and Donnie Wahlberg have been on the show. And, we've got Billy Burke from Twilight. We've gotten all kinds of fantastic actors. That speaks for itself.
Angie Harmon
#6. A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.
Mark Wahlberg
#7. It's all about hustling, whether it's in Boston or the film industry. I've been hustling my entire life - acting my way into trouble and acting my way back out again. I'm just fortunate to have had the opportunity to apply it in a different direction.
Mark Wahlberg
#8. I stopped smoking weed for my kids. One day, we were driving and you could smell it from somewhere. My daughter asked what the smell was so I told her it was a skunk. Then she said, 'Sometimes Daddy smells like that!' to me and my wife. So I knew I had to quit.
Mark Wahlberg
#9. It's ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don't feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick out of it - she'd find it very funny. I'll take it though. I'm very humble. But it's certainly not the way I feel.
Mark Wahlberg
#11. Growing up, I think I was arrested 20-odd times by the Boston police. The good news is that I've been able to use those experiences in a lot of my roles, and that has been a blessing.
Mark Wahlberg
#12. The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.
Mark Wahlberg
#13. My sons and I thoroughly enjoy Legos. We go to the toy store every week for more. I never want to take what we build apart; I want to put it on a shelf. My wife is starting to get a little annoyed with the Legos lying around.
Mark Wahlberg
#14. I don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.
Mark Wahlberg
#15. It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.
Donnie Wahlberg
#16. The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.
Mark Wahlberg
#17. With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old '70s film.
Donnie Wahlberg
#18. And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that ... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.
Mark Wahlberg
#19. I attribute all of my success to my Catholic faith. My faith has given me the ability to be a good father, a good husband and most importantly a good person.
Mark Wahlberg
#20. I don't sleep very much. I really like to work, though. I feel like a kid in a candy store.
Donnie Wahlberg
#21. I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing ... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.
Mark Wahlberg
#22. It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.
Mark Wahlberg
#23. Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.
Mark Wahlberg
#24. For a Bostonian ... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.
Donnie Wahlberg
#25. The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.
Mark Wahlberg
#26. Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can't protect themselves,
Mark Wahlberg
#27. Music is my life. The last job I had, I was a bricklayer's apprentice. And I was happy with that job, too, because it was something that made me feel good. To build a wall for the side of a building felt really good to me.
Mark Wahlberg
#28. I've always been into working out and eating healthy. That's just who I am.
Mark Wahlberg
#29. Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own.
Mark Wahlberg
#30. I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our job, and we are obligated to portray the characters in the most realistic way possible.
Mark Wahlberg
#31. My ideal kinda guy, if I was really gonna go there even though he's married, is Mark Wahlberg. To me he's a little black and white, the kinda guy who would understand if I pull my weave out.
Toni Braxton
#32. It's all about love and how we are all connected.
Mark Wahlberg
#34. To me it is harder to play a real person, but when you do it and you feel good about it and the person feels good about it, I think that's doubly rewarding. So the challenge is greater, the risk is greater, but the reward is greater as well.
Donnie Wahlberg
#35. I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.
Mark Wahlberg
#36. I prepare mentally and physically for everything I do. I like having to do both, because you submerge yourself into the character and the world and you live it until it's over.
Mark Wahlberg
#37. Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.
Mark Wahlberg
#38. I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.
Mark Wahlberg
#39. That whole world, the world of bodybuilding to me is fascinating. It's such a unique and interesting culture, and everything about it appeals to me.
Mark Wahlberg
#40. But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.
Mark Wahlberg
#41. I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, 'I might read a script and love it, but it's all about the filmmaker.' I think that's a good lesson for me.
Shiloh Fernandez
#42. It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.
Donnie Wahlberg
#43. When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway.
Donnie Wahlberg
#44. If I don't go to mass, necessarily, every day, but I definitely go to the church every day. That's how I start my day. I like to get in there for about 15 to 20 minutes and say my prayers.
Mark Wahlberg
#45. There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.
Mark Wahlberg
#46. There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.
Mark Wahlberg
#48. I love roles where I am required to prepare physically. And it's fun putting on weight and eating.
Mark Wahlberg
#49. I like to talk to people. I've got one assistant, one Blackberry. That's my overhead. I don't text that much or email. I like to sit down face-to-face and have a conversation with you. I'm old-fashioned.
Mark Wahlberg
#50. When you go into a starring position and you're carrying a movie, it's important that people like it. So I only do things that I can connect with in some sort of way, or that I can identify with.
Mark Wahlberg
#51. It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project.
Donnie Wahlberg
#52. The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.
Mark Wahlberg
#53. I don't enjoy doing nothing or sitting in my trailer watching ESPN.
Mark Wahlberg
#54. Justin Bieber is like the white Tupac. Compared to a lot of people.
Mark Wahlberg
#55. For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.
Donnie Wahlberg
#57. When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.
Donnie Wahlberg
#58. I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.
Donnie Wahlberg
#59. I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.
Mark Wahlberg
#60. I was excited about getting my first tattoo, but I was only twelve, so I had to hide it from my mother.
Mark Wahlberg
#61. He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it.
Mark Wahlberg
#62. I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.
Mark Wahlberg
#63. I miss being able to wake up when I want and go on stage when I want and pull down my pants when I want.
Mark Wahlberg
#64. I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.
Donnie Wahlberg
#65. Hockey is probably one of the most expensive sports. You have to have a place to play. You have to have the proper equipment. You have to have the transportation to get there.
Mark Wahlberg
#66. I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.
Donnie Wahlberg
#67. I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.
Mark Wahlberg
#68. You can't control what people gravitate to and what they don't. We can only control the work that we do and try to give it the best that we can.
Donnie Wahlberg
#69. I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.
Mark Wahlberg
#70. Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.
Mark Wahlberg
#71. For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.
Mark Wahlberg
#72. I just want to do the best possible job with everything that I do. But I'm far more concerned with being a good father as opposed to being a good actor because that's what's really going to matter.
Mark Wahlberg
#73. I've been in enough movies to know that when you're on the set and you start shooting, you're looking at playback and you get a sense of what it's going to be like.
Mark Wahlberg
#74. I don't plan on ever letting my daughters date. I'm going to try to do everything I can to prevent it. You know, it just terrifies me. It just terrifies me.
Mark Wahlberg
#75. There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well.
Donnie Wahlberg
#76. If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.
Mark Wahlberg
#77. I love movies that are challenging to me both physically and emotionally and that I have to take a lot of time leading up to it to get into that headspace and live in that headspace throughout the course of the production.
Mark Wahlberg
#79. I'm proud to be white. I don't have anything against my color. But I don't think color matters, either. Just like I feel it doesn't matter that I'm a white dude doin' black music.
Mark Wahlberg
#81. James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.
Mark Wahlberg
#82. I don't like to eat in movies. I don't like props. Some people have always got to have a thing and they're doing this or doing that. I hate it. I just want to talk or fight. Or both!
Mark Wahlberg
#83. I don't think God's going to judge me based on my film work - although I hope he has a sense of humour and I hope he's a fan of movies because I've done some things that may be questionable in his eyes as an actor!
Mark Wahlberg
#84. A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.
Donnie Wahlberg
#86. I always root for the bad guy and I don't think you have a great movie without a great villain.
Mark Wahlberg
#88. I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be.
Kenny Wormald
#89. When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.
Mark Wahlberg
#90. I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are.
Donnie Wahlberg
#91. I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.
Donnie Wahlberg
#92. As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.
Mark Wahlberg
#93. I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.
Donnie Wahlberg
#94. Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I could learn from. And I got something different out of each experience.
Mark Wahlberg
#95. I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.
Mark Wahlberg
#96. It's funny, because when you're younger you're in a rush to be 18 or 21 or whatever. But then you hit 30. And now, the days go by like hours. You think, 40, man, this could be the halfway point. It could be the three-quarters point, you know? Who knows?
Mark Wahlberg
#97. Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.
Donnie Wahlberg
#98. Your resolve is unquestionable. Your character undeniable. Your history unparalleled. You've inspired us, all the way. You will again today.
Donnie Wahlberg
#99. You have to take everything I say with a grain of salt.
Mark Wahlberg
#100. The world is very different today than it was in 1968.
Mark Wahlberg
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