Donnie Wahlberg Quotes
38 quotes • Movie Actor • Age 56
"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."
"A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves."
"For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world."
"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."
"I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot."
"Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon."
"In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program."
"We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me."
"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."
"I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it."
"We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods."
"I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me."